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"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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Published in:Contemporary Literature Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 264 - 298
Main Author: Panko, Julia
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of Wisconsin Press Summer2011
Subjects:
Essays
Hall, Steven
Raw Shark Texts, The (Book)
Inscriptions
Mass media in literature
Literary criticism
Fiction
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.