"The Noisiest Novel Ever Written": The Soundscape of Henry Roth's Call It Sleep

"The Noisiest Novel Ever Written": The Soundscape of Henry Roth's Call It Sleep

A remark by Walter Allen in the novel "Call It Sleep" by Henry Roth identifies one of the most striking and unusual features of the novel--it opens up a world of sound as few others seem to do. Evocations of a sonic environment in Roth's novel are discussed.

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Veröffentlicht in:Twentieth century literature 1989-04, Vol.35 (1), p.43-64
1. Verfasser: Adams, Stephen J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cellars
Criticism and interpretation
Fathers
Fear
Fiction
Literary criticism
Mothers
Noise
Noise (Sound)
Novels
Perceptions
Portrayals
Rabbis
Roth, Henry
Sleep
Sound
Thunder
Voiced sounds
Whistles
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Zusammenfassung:A remark by Walter Allen in the novel "Call It Sleep" by Henry Roth identifies one of the most striking and unusual features of the novel--it opens up a world of sound as few others seem to do. Evocations of a sonic environment in Roth's novel are discussed.
ISSN:0041-462X
2325-8101
DOI:10.2307/441774