02835nam 2200685 a 450 991095339090332120251116222209.01-936249-50-2(CKB)2560000000052937(OCoLC)694147639(CaPaEBR)ebrary10430863(SSID)ssj0000486751(PQKBManifestationID)11325778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486751(PQKBWorkID)10442017(PQKB)10547740(MiAaPQ)EBC3116013(Au-PeEL)EBL3116013(CaPaEBR)ebr10430863(OCoLC)922966510(BIP)35535269(BIP)17742784(EXLCZ)99256000000005293720071231d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPrint, chaos, and complexity Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century media culture /Mark E. Wildermuth1st ed.Newark University of Delware Pressc20081 online resource (197 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-87413-032-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-193) and index.Textual instability, print, and complex dynamics in the Johsonian mediated cultural milieu -- Pope as a precursor to Johnson : the mediation of chaos and order in An essay on man -- Complexity and mediated culture in Johnson's moral periodical prose -- Johnson's politics in the milieu of informatics -- Samuel Johnson, mediation, representation, and the aesthetics of complex dynamics.This text describes how 18th-century awareness of the interplay between fixity and instability in printed texts demonstrates the role print played in developing Samuel Johnson's awareness of print culture's impact on human beings ethically, politically, and aesthetically.PrintingGreat BritainHistory18th centuryPrintingSocial aspectsTransmission of textsMimesis in literatureAuthors and readersGreat BritainHistory18th centuryBooks and readingGreat BritainHistory18th centuryGreat BritainIntellectual life18th centuryPrintingHistoryPrintingSocial aspects.Transmission of texts.Mimesis in literature.Authors and readersHistoryBooks and readingHistory828/.609Wildermuth Mark E.1956-988772MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953390903321Print, chaos, and complexity4468556UNINA