Habits of Distraction

by Michael Wood

Book Overview

Starting with Walter Benjamin's idea of 'reception in a state of distraction' and looking briefly at some antecedents for Benjamin's thinking, this book develops a working model of distraction in interpretation. Examples are taken from film (Benjamin's test case), literature, music, painting and photography; the book closes with a 'distracted' reading of a classic work of concentration: Milton's Paradise Lost.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845192508
• ISBN13: 9781845192501
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"