Breathless: Sound Recording, Disembodiment, and the Transformation of Lyrical Nostalgia

199 Pages·2002·3.217 MB·English

by  Allen S. Weiss

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Allen S. Weiss
Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut
Published by Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, CT 06459
2002 Allen S. Weiss
All rights reserved
ISBN 0-8195-6591-1 cloth
ISBN o-8195-6592-x paper
Printed in the United States of America
Design and composition by Chris Crochetiere,
B. Williams & Associates
Cataloging-in-Publication data appear at the end of the book.
5 4 3 21
ISBN: 978-0-8195-6592-1
For those without voice
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Ptyx or Styx?
(A possible epitaph for the author)
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Contents
Preface x i
Acknowledgments x v
chapter 1: Purity of .Essence 1
chapter 2: Death’s Murmur 2 9
chapter 3: Erotic Nostalgia and the Inscription
of Desire 6 7
chapter 4: Narcissistic Machines and Erotic Prostheses 8 7
chapter 5: Libidinous Mannerisms and Profligate
Abominations 11 5
Notes 13 9
Selected Bibliography 165
Index 17 5