{"product_id":"writing-by-ear-marilia-librandi-9781487502140","title":"Writing by Ear: Clarice Lispector and the Aural Novel","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCiting writers such as Machado de Assis, Oswald de Andrade and João Guimarães Rosa, as well as Mia Couto and Toni Morrison, \u003ci\u003eWriting By Ear\u003c\/i\u003e opens up a broader dialogue on listening and literature, considering the aesthetic, ethical, and ecological reverberations of the imaginary. \u003ci\u003eWriting by Ear\u003c\/i\u003e is concerned at once with shedding light on the narrative representation of listening and with a broader reconceptualization of fiction through listening, considering it an auditory practice that transcends the dichotomy of speech and writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilia Librandi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487502141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487502140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Marilia Librandi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065638170879,"sku":"9781487502140","price":92.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a18c2e08-10f3-47c4-9ad5-910629177afc.jpg?v=1768676283","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-by-ear-marilia-librandi-9781487502140","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}