Jeff Noon's "Vurt" by Andrew C Wenaus
This book offers an examination of Jeff Noon’s iconoclastic debut novel, Vurt (1993). In this first book-length study of the novel, which includes an extended interview with Noon, Wenaus considers how Vurt 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 Vurt’s ongoing relevance in the 21st century, an era increasingly characterized by neuro-totalitarianism, psychopolitics, and digital surveillance. With Vurt, 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, Vurt is also anoptimistic and heartfelt call for artists to actively create open futures.Andrew 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 The Literature of Exclusion: Dada, Data, and the Threshold of Electronic Literature. He is also a composer and, with Christina Willatt, has written and performed electro-acoustic scores for theatre, dance, film, and contemporary classical ensemble.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783031070280 |
| ISBN 10 | 3031070283 |
| Title | Jeff Noon's "Vurt" |
| Author | Andrew C Wenaus |
| Series | Palgrave Science Fiction And Fantasy: A New Canon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Year published | 2022-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 130 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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