1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449661103321

Autore

Waugh Patricia

Titolo

Metafiction : the theory and practice of self-conscious fiction / / Patricia Waugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Methuen, , 1984

ISBN

1-134-97072-2

1-134-97073-0

1-280-23244-7

9786610232444

0-203-13140-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

New accents

Disciplina

801/.953

Soggetti

Fiction

Experimental fiction - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; General editors preface; Acknowledgements; 1 What is metafiction and why are they saying such awful things about it?; 2 Literary self-consciousness: developments; 3 Literary evolution: the place of parody; 4 Are novelists liars? The ontological status of literary-fictional discourse; 5 Fictionality and context: from role-playing to language games; Notes; Bibliography; Further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Metafiction begins by surveying the state of contemporary fiction in Britain and America and explores the complex political, social and economic factors which influence critical judgment of fiction. The author shows how, as the novel has been eclipsed by the mass media, novelists have sought to retain and regain a wide readership by drawing on the themes and preoccupations of these forms. Making use of contemporary fiction by such writers as Fowles, Borges, Spark, Barthelme, Brautigan, Vonnegut and Barth, and drawing on Russian Formalist theories of literary evolution, the book argues



2.

Record Nr.

UNICASTO00433318

Autore

Spallicci, Aldo

Titolo

Alberto Mario / Aldo Spallicci

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Gastaldi, stampa 1955

Descrizione fisica

510 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Cultura

Disciplina

945.083092

Soggetti

Mario, Alberto - Biografia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910373941003321

Titolo

The 2019 Yearbook of the Digital Ethics Lab / / edited by Christopher Burr, Silvia Milano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-29145-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 pages)

Collana

Digital Ethics Lab Yearbook, , 2524-7727

Disciplina

174.900164

174.9004

Soggetti

Ethics

Computers and civilization

Political science

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

Computers and Society

Governance and Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction: Digital Ethics Lab (Dr Christopher Burr and Dr Silvia Milano) -- Chapter 2. Semantic Capital (Professor Luciano Floridi) -- Chapter 3. Regulational State Behaviour in Cyberspace (Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo) -- Chapter 4. What does the ‘explainable’ in ‘explainable AI’ mean? (David Watson) -- Chapter 5. Artificial Intelligence and the Good Society (Corinne Cath) -- Chapter 6. The Digital Afterlife Industry (Carl Öhman) -- Chapter 7. An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society (Josh Cowls and Luciano Floridi) -- Chapter 8. Regulatory theory and autonomous computing systems (Nikita Aggarwal) -- Chapter 9. Risk and Artificial Intelligence (Dr Silvia Milano) -- Chapter 10. Towards an e-nvironmental understanding of well-being (Dr Christopher Burr) -- Chapter 11. Smart Cities: How can technology be used to improve the lives of citizens (Tony Hart) -- Chapter 12. From Social Interaction to Ethical AI (Nigel Crook) -- Chapter 13. Governing an Ocean (Paul Galwas) -- Chapter 14. Cybersecurity and sovereignty in Europe and the role of digital industrial policy (Paul Timmers).

Sommario/riassunto

This edited volume presents an overview of cutting edge research areas within digital ethics as defined by the Digital Ethics Lab of the University of Oxford. It identifies new challenges and opportunities that will be influential in setting the research agenda in the field. The yearbook presents research on the following topics: conceptual metaphor theory, cybersecurity governance, cyber conflicts, anthropomorphism in AI, digital technologies for mental healthcare, data ethics in the asylum process, AI’s legitimacy and democratic deficit, digital afterlife industry, automatic prayer bots, foresight analysis and the future of AI.