A book of noises : notes on the auraculous / Caspar Henderson.
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TextPublisher: Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 352 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226823232
- 0226823237
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A wide-ranging exploration of the sounds that shape our world in invisible yet significant ways.
The crackling of a campfire. The scratch, hiss, and pop of a vinyl record. The first glug of wine as it is poured from a bottle. These are just a few of writer Caspar Henderson's favorite sounds. In A Book of Noises , Henderson invites readers to use their ears a little better--to tune in to the world in all its surprising noisiness.
Describing sounds from around the natural and human world, the forty-eight essays that make up A Book of Noises are a celebration of all things "auraculous." Henderson calls on his characteristic curiosity to explore sounds related to humans (anthropophony), other life (biophony), the planet (geophony), and space (cosmophony). Henderson finds the beauty in everyday sounds, like the ringing of a bell, the buzz of a bee, or the "earworm" songs that get stuck in our heads. A Book of Noises also explores the marvelous, miraculous sounds we may never get the chance to hear, like the deep boom of a volcano or the quiet, rustling sound of the Northern Lights.
A Book of Noises will teach readers to really listen to the sounds of the world around them, to broaden and deepen their appreciation of the humans, animals, rocks, and trees simultaneously broadcasting across the whole spectrum of sentience.
"Originally published in English by Granta Books ..."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cosmophony: sounds of space -- Geophony: sounds of earth -- Biophony: sounds of life -- Anthropophony: sounds of humanity.
"A Little Book of Noises gathers together sounds from the cosmos, the natural world, the human world, and the invented world, as well as containing pockets of silence. From the vast sound of sand in the desert to the tuneful warble of a songbird, from the meditative resonance of a temple bell to the improvisational melodies of jazz, this is a celebration of all things "auraculous," or "ear marvelous." Sound shapes our world in invisible but significant ways, and writer Caspar Henderson brings his characteristic curiosity and knowledge to the subject to take us on an exhilarating journey to examine noise related to humans (anthropophony), other life (biophony), our planet (geophony), and space (cosmophony)"-- Provided by publisher.