Earworm and Event - Music, Daydreams, and Other Imaginary Refrains

Eldritch Priest questions the nature of sound, music, thought, and affect by analyzing the phenomenon of the earworm: those reveries that hijack our attention, the shivers that run down our spines, and the songs that stick in our heads.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Introduction. Earworm
1. Felt as Thought
2. Earworms, Daydreams, and the Fate of Useless Thinking
3. The Worm Refrain (or, Does Nature Get Earworms?)
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Acknowledgments
Introduction. Event
1. What It's Like to Think Like What It's Like to Think Like What It's Like
2. Beating a Dead Beetle
3. Impactical Enthusiasm
4. Ex Post Facto ex Ante (or, It's All in the Setup. . . .?
5. Do Earworms Have Daydreams?
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Info autore

Eldritch Priest

Riassunto

Eldritch Priest questions the nature of sound, music, thought, and affect by analyzing the phenomenon of the earworm: those reveries that hijack our attention, the shivers that run down our spines, and the songs that stick in our heads.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eldritch Priest
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781478015369
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-1536-9
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: Thought in the Act
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie