The Sound of Nonsense Contributor(s): Elliott, Richard (Author), Bull, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501324543 ISBN-13: 9781501324543 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Social Science | Media Studies |
Dewey: 302.23 |
LCCN: 2017025592 |
Series: Study of Sound |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 152 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In The Sound of Nonsense, Richard Elliott highlights the importance of sound in understanding the 'nonsense' of writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, James Joyce and Mervyn Peake, before connecting this noisy writing to works which engage more directly with sound, including sound poetry, experimental music and pop. By emphasising sonic factors, Elliott makes new and fascinating connections between a wide range of artistic examples to ultimately build a case for the importance of sound in creating, maintaining and disrupting meaning. |
Contributor Bio(s): Elliott, Richard: - Richard Elliott is Lecturer in Popular Music at the University of Sussex, UK. His current research focuses on the representations of time, age and experience in popular music as well as the relationship between music and materiality. He is the author of the books Fado and the Place of Longing (2010) and Nina Simone (2013) and of articles exploring consciousness, memory, nostalgia, place and space, affect, technology and the relationship between popular music and literature. |