David Porush

The Soft Machine (eBook, PDF)

Cybernetic Fiction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This title, originally published in 1985, represents a significant contribution to the study of contemporary literature in the larger cultural and scientific context. The author shows how the concepts of cybernetics and artificial intelligence have become the source for images and techniques in our most highly sophisticated literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351129671
• Artikelnr.: 56890667

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. The Metaphor of the Machine 2. Roussel's Device for the
Perfection of Fiction 3. Cybernetics and Literature 4. Counter-statement 5.
Cybernetics and Techno-paranoia: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr and William Burroughs 6.
Reading in the Servo-mechanical Loop: The Machinery of Metaphor in
Pynchon's Fictions 7. Author as Artificial Intelligence: John Barth's
Computer-generated Texts 8. Deconstructing the Machine: Beckett's The Lost
Ones 9. The Imp in the Machine: Joseph McElroy's Plus. Conclusion - In the
Black Box: Donald Barthelme's "The Explanation". Notes. Bibliography.
Index.