Fatal news reading and information overload in early eighteenth-century literature / Katherine E. Ellison.

Author/creator Ellison, Katherine E.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge,
Descriptionx, 158 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
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.
Social change in literature.
Social evolution--History.

SeriesLiterary criticism and cultural theory
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-147) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005031221
ISBN041597626X (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780415976268 (acid-free paper)
ISBNebook

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