{"product_id":"jeff-noons-vurt-a-critical-companion-hardcover","title":"Jeff Noon's Vurt: A Critical Companion - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew C. Wenaus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an examination of Jeff Noon's iconoclastic debut novel, \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e (1993). In this first book-length study of the novel, which includes an extended interview with Noon, Wenaus considers how \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e complicates the process of literary canonization, its constructivist relationship to genre, its violent and oneiric setting of Manchester, its use of the Orphic myth as an archetype for the practice of literary collage and musical remix, and how the structural paradoxes of chaos and fractal geometry inform the novel's content, form, and theme. Finally, Wenaus makes the case for \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e's ongoing relevance in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century, an era increasingly characterized by neuro-totalitarianism, psychopolitics, and digital surveillance. With \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e, Noon begins his project of rupturing feedback loops of control by breaking narrative habits and embracing the contingent and unpredictable. An inventive, energetic, and heartbreaking novel, \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e is also an optimistic and heartfelt call for artists to actively create open futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an examination of Jeff Noon's iconoclastic debut novel, \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e (1993). In this first book-length study of the novel, which includes an extended interview with Noon, Wenaus considers how \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e complicates the process of literary canonization, its constructivist relationship to genre, its violent and oneiric setting of Manchester, its use of the Orphic myth as an archetype for the practice of literary collage and musical remix, and how the structural paradoxes of chaos and fractal geometry inform the novel's content, form, and theme. Finally, Wenaus makes the case for \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e's ongoing relevance in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century, an era increasingly characterized by neuro-totalitarianism, psychopolitics, and digital surveillance. With \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNoon begins his project of rupturing feedback loops of control by breaking narrative habits and embracing the contingent and unpredictable. An inventive, energetic, and heartbreaking novel, \u003ci\u003eVurt\u003c\/i\u003e is also an optimistic and heartfelt call for artists to actively create open futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew C. Wenaus is assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario's Department of English and Writings Studies, a member of the Complex Adaptive Systems Lab, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Literature of Exclusion: Dada, Data, and the Threshold of Electronic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a composer and, with Christina Willatt, has written and performed electro-acoustic scores for theatre, dance, film, and contemporary classical ensemble. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120388280455,"sku":"9783031070280","price":80.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f49cebd3c421b8cc72af10a856454136.webp?v=1732546960","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/jeff-noons-vurt-a-critical-companion-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}