"Memory Pressed Flat into Text": The Importance of Print in Steven Hall's "The Raw Shark Texts."

A literary criticism of the novel "The Raw Shark Texts" by Steven Hall is presented. It examines the novel's stance on the importance of print texts, focusing on Hall's inclusion of photography, a film still, and a newspaper clipping in his novel. The themes of information storage and the relationsh...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Literature Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 264 - 298
Autor principal: Panko, Julia
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press Summer2011
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Sumario:A literary criticism of the novel "The Raw Shark Texts" by Steven Hall is presented. It examines the novel's stance on the importance of print texts, focusing on Hall's inclusion of photography, a film still, and a newspaper clipping in his novel. The themes of information storage and the relationship between print and other media forms are addressed.