Plain text : the poetics of computation /

This book challenges the ways we read, write, store, and retrieve information in the digital age. Computers-from electronic books to smart phones-play an active role in our social lives. Our technological choices thus entail theoretical and political commitments. Dennis Tenen takes up today's s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tenen, Dennis (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Literature and technology. Digital media > Philosophy. Electronic publications. Electronic publishing.

Table of Contents:

Computational poetics : an introduction
Metaphor machines
Laying bare the device : the modernist roots of computation
Form, formula, format
Recondite surfaces
Literature down to a pixel
Conclusion : human grounds for computation.