Fatal news : reading and information overload in early eighteenth-century literature / / Katherine E. Ellison
| Fatal news : reading and information overload in early eighteenth-century literature / / Katherine E. Ellison |
| Autore | Ellison Katherine E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (157 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.5093552 |
| Collana | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism
English fiction - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Communication in literature Books and reading - England - History - 18th century Books and reading - England - History - 17th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-95968-X
1-135-50251-X 1-135-50244-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Idea of Information Overload in the Eighteenth Century; Chapter One Information ad infinitum: Bunyan's Lessons in Careful Reading in The Pilgrim's Progress; Chapter Two Information as Ambush: Miscommunication and the Post in Behn's The History of the Nun; Chapter Three Suffocation by Information: Collectivity and the Secretary in Swift's A Tale of a Tub; Chapter Four Infectious Information: Signs of Collective Intelligence in Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year; Afterword Toward a Material Poiesis of Information
NotesBibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910348218503321 |
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fatal News : Reading and Information Overload in Early Eighteenth-Century Literature / / Katherine E. Ellison
| Fatal News : Reading and Information Overload in Early Eighteenth-Century Literature / / Katherine E. Ellison |
| Autore | Ellison Katherine E. |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 158 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823.5 |
| Collana | Literary criticism and cultural theory |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism
Communication in literature Books and reading - England - History - 17th century |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Information ad infinitum : Bunyan's lessons in careful reading in The pilgrim's progress -- Information as ambush : miscommunication and the post in Behn's The history of a nun -- Suffocation by information : collectivity and the secretary in Swift's A tale of a tub -- Infectious information : signs of collective intelligence in Defoe's A journal of the plague year. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476817903321 |
Ellison Katherine E.
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| New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fatal news : reading and information overload in early eighteenth-century literature / / Katherine E. Ellison
| Fatal news : reading and information overload in early eighteenth-century literature / / Katherine E. Ellison |
| Autore | Ellison Katherine E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (157 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823/.5093552 |
| Collana | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism
English fiction - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Communication in literature Books and reading - England - History - 18th century Books and reading - England - History - 17th century |
| ISBN |
9780203959688
020395968X 9781135502515 113550251X 9781135502447 1135502447 |
| Classificazione | LIT000000LIT007000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Idea of Information Overload in the Eighteenth Century; Chapter One Information ad infinitum: Bunyan's Lessons in Careful Reading in The Pilgrim's Progress; Chapter Two Information as Ambush: Miscommunication and the Post in Behn's The History of the Nun; Chapter Three Suffocation by Information: Collectivity and the Secretary in Swift's A Tale of a Tub; Chapter Four Infectious Information: Signs of Collective Intelligence in Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year; Afterword Toward a Material Poiesis of Information
NotesBibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765617203321 |
Ellison Katherine E.
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| 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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