Theories of Forgetting
Edición de la obra Theories of Forgetting
| Autor | Lance Olsen |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of Alabama Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2014 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 384 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781573661799 |
| OCLC | 863380901 |
| LCCN | 2013041359 |
| Número de Cutter | O52t |
Theories of Forgetting is concerned with how words matter, the materiality of the page, and how a literary work might react against mass reproduction and textual disembodiment in the digital age--right from its use of two back covers (one ""upside down"" and one ""right-side up"") that allow the reader to choose which of the novel's two narratives to privilege. Theories of Forgetting is a narrative in three parts. The first is the story of Alana, a filmmaker struggling to complete a short documentary about Robert Smithson's famous earthwork, The Spiral Jetty, located.