{"product_id":"musical-stimulacra-ivan-delazari-9780367858629","title":"Musical Stimulacra: Literary Narrative and the Urge to Listen","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe title coinage of this book, \u003ci\u003estimulacra\u003c\/i\u003e, refers to the fundamental capacity of literary narrative to stimulate our minds and senses by simulating things through words. Musical stimulacra are passages of fiction that readers are empowered to transpose into mental simulations of music. The book theorizes how fiction can generate musical experience, explains what constitutes that experience, and explores the musical dimensions of three American novels: William T. Vollmann's \u003ci\u003eEurope Central\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), William H. Gass's \u003ci\u003eMiddle C\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), and Richard Powers's \u003ci\u003eOrfeo\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003ci\u003eMusical Stimulacra\u003c\/i\u003e approaches fiction's music from a readerly perspective. Instead of looking at how novels forever fail to compensate for music's physical, structural, and affective properties, the book concentrates on what literary narrative \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e do musically. Negotiating common grounds for cognitive audionarratology and intermediality studies, \u003ci\u003eMusical Stimulacra\u003c\/i\u003e builds its case on the assumption that, among other things, fiction urges us to listen--to musical words and worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan Delazari\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367858622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367858629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Ivan Delazari","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064858226943,"sku":"9780367858629","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aec8525d-7adc-4d01-ac13-3b9826e078a3.jpg?v=1768671506","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/musical-stimulacra-ivan-delazari-9780367858629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}