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Anyone who has ever experienced a sporting event in a large stadium knows the energy that emanates from stands full of fans cheering on their teams. Although "the masses" have long held a thoroughly bad reputation in politics and culture, litera
When it comes to understanding the ontology of individual existencethat is, the everyday behaviors that we all perform and hardly ever think aboutthe voice has a particularly complicated status. Together with writing, voice is the medium expressing ideas
Production of Presence is a comprehensive version of the thinking of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, one of the most consistently original literary scholars writing today. It offers a personalized account of some of the central theoretical movements in literary st
Considering a range of present-day phenomena, from the immediacy effects of literature to the impact of hypercommunication, globalization, and sports, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht notes an important shift in our relationship to history and the passage of time. A
A thought-provokingand academically rigorousdefense of the grace and aesthetic worth of sports. Sports Illustrated By the hundreds of millions we show up, stand in line, turn on, and tune in to watch, mesmerized, as athletes perform. And yet this experien