{"product_id":"writing-by-ear-9781487502140","title":"Writing by Ear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidering Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector’s literature as a case study and a source of theory, \u003ci\u003eWriting by Ear\u003c\/i\u003e presents an aural theory of the novel based on readings of \u003ci\u003eNear to the Wild Heart\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), \u003ci\u003eThe Besieged City\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), \u003ci\u003eThe Passion According to G.H.\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eAgua Viva\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), \u003ci\u003eThe Hour of the Star\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), and \u003ci\u003eA Breath of Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1978). What is the specific aesthetic for which listening-in-writing calls? What is the relation that listening-in-writing establishes with silence, echo, and the sounds of the world? How are we to understand authorship when writers present themselves as objects of reception rather than subjects of production? In which ways does the robust oral and aural culture of Brazil shape literary genres and forms? In addressing these questions, \u003ci\u003eWriting by Ear\u003c\/i\u003e works in dialogue with philosophy, psychoanalysis, and sound studies to contemplate the relationship between orality and writing. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: A Certain Intimate Sense 2. Writing by Ear 3. The Aural Novel 4. Hearing the Wild Heart 5. Loud Object 6. The Echopoetics of G.H. 7. Coda: Hearing Horses\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409138688343,"sku":"9781487502140","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487502140.jpg?v=1730505580","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-by-ear-9781487502140","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}