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Modernist informatics : literature, information, and the state / James Purdon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Purdon, James, 1983- author.
- Series:
- Modernist literature & culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modernism (Literature).
- Government information--Access control.
- Government information.
- Mass media and literature--History--20th century.
- Mass media and literature.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 Secret Agents, Official Secrets 23
- Inspector Heat's Postal Power 23
- Korzeniowski's Dead Letter Box 32
- Insecurity 38
- Inside Knowledge 46
- 2 Dossier Fiction 55
- Abwehr's Looking at You, Kid 55
- Ford's Forms 57
- Black Books, Black Markets 65
- Papers, Please 70
- Thrillers 81
- 3 Information Collectives 89
- The National Point of View 89
- ...a Mass of Unrelated Facts 92
- This Little Old E. of Ours 98
- Connectivity and Collectivity 104
- ...Paper of All Kinds Broadcast Everywhere.... 112
- 4 Public Information 122
- Information Film 122
- Utility Aesthetics 127
- A Pattern of Thought and Feeling 133
- Informatic Voices 144
- 5 Information Blacked Out 153
- In the Gloaming... 153
- Keep It Dark 157
- Keep Mum 164
- Frankie's Papers, Bowen's Notes 174
- Between the Lines 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190211691
- 0190211695
- OCLC:
- 910664411
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