Soundtracked Books From the Acoustic Era to the Digital Age - A Century of 'Books That Sing'

Offering both a short history and a theoretical framework, this book is the first extended study of the soundtracked book as a media form.

List of contents

Introduction 1 Playtime Reimagined: The Invention of the Soundtracked Book 2 Sounds Exotic: The Columbia Legacy Collection and Our Midcentury Imagination 3 Otherworldly Sounds: Alternative Spiritualities and the Soundtracked Novel 4 Digital Readers: Paratextual Music and Interpretive Communities Afterword: The Future May Have Already Passed

About the author

Justin St. Clair is an Associate Professor of English at the University of South Alabama, where he specializes in postmodern and contemporary fiction with an emphasis on sound studies. He is the author of Sound and Aural Media in Postmodern Literature: Novel Listening (2013).

Summary

Offering both a short history and a theoretical framework, this book is the first extended study of the soundtracked book as a media form.

Product details

• Authors: Justin St. Clair, St. Clair Justin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032101705
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210170-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Sound in Urban and Popular Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Press & journalism, Publishing industry and journalism, Publishing industry & book trade