Attention equals life the pursuit of the everyday in contemporary poetry and culture /
'Attention Equals Life' examines why a quest to pay attention to daily life has increasingly become a central feature of both contemporary American poetry and the wider culture of which it is a part. Drawing on theories and debates about the nature of everyday life from fields in the human...
| Main Author: | Epstein, Andrew, 1969- |
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| Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
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| Summary: |
'Attention Equals Life' examines why a quest to pay attention to daily life has increasingly become a central feature of both contemporary American poetry and the wider culture of which it is a part. Drawing on theories and debates about the nature of everyday life from fields in the humanities, this work traces the modern history of this preoccupation and considers why it is so much with us today. |
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| Item Description: |
Previously issued in print: 2016. Includes bibliographical references and index. 'Attention Equals Life' examines why a quest to pay attention to daily life has increasingly become a central feature of both contemporary American poetry and the wider culture of which it is a part. Drawing on theories and debates about the nature of everyday life from fields in the humanities, this work traces the modern history of this preoccupation and considers why it is so much with us today. Specialized. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Audience: |
Specialized. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190608965 |