Digital sound studies /

With this collection Lingold (English, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mueller (musicology, Eastman School of Music), and Trettien (English, Univ. of Pennsylvania) demonstrate that the digital era makes possible a multisensory approach to humanistic study, albeit a primarily visual experience using only images and text in its study of sound. The volume offers a fascinating variety of perspectives on digital sound studies, from explanations of the technologies moving scholarship in the field forward, to challenges that need to be addressed, to theoretical explorations of what it means to work with sound in the digital age. The essays span many disciplines and provide much of interest to students and researchers working in a broad range of disciplines. Contributors reference seminal articles in literary and music studies, along with many other important works, and the excellent index allows the reader to track concepts through the different approaches. Works that link digital humanities and sound studies are somewhat rare, and the present volume is a rich addition to a growing body of knowledge. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. --Melissa Anderson, Southern Oregon University