Literature, Technology, and Modernity, 1860-2000 [Hardcover]

Nicholas Daly (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521833922 | ISBN-13: 978-0521833929 | Publication Date: March 15, 2004 | Edition: First Edition first Printing

Writing for scholars of modernism, literature, and film, Nicholas Daly considers the way human/machine encounters have been imagined from the 1860s on, arguing that such scenes dramatize the modernization of subjectivity. Although modernity assumes that there is a difference between people and machines, a consequence of this belief has been a recurring fantasy about the erasure of that difference. The central scenario in this fantasy is the "crash", or collision, sometimes literal, sometimes metaphorical.

Editorial Reviews

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Review of the hardback: 'This is a concise, impeccably researched book, which teases out a coherent narrative from a seemingly disparate set of cultural sources.' Times Literary Supplement

Review of the hardback: 'Literature, Technology, and Modernity delivers a compelling, original, and intellectually sophisticated account ...' English

Review of the hardback: 'Literature, Technology, and Modernity, 1860-2000 is inventive, resourceful, and well-grounded in the social and cultural history of the hundred and forty year period the book covers. Daly's book is a great read ...' Modernism/Modernity

Book Description

Industrial modernity takes it as self-evident that there is a difference between people and machines, but the corollary of this has been a recurring fantasy about the erasure of that difference. The central scenario in this fantasy is the crash, sometimes literal, sometimes metaphorical. Nicholas Daly considers the way human/machine encounters have been imagined from the 1860s on, arguing that such scenes dramatize the modernization of subjectivity. This book will be of interest to scholars of moderinism, literature and film.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 170 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; First Edition first Printing edition (March 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521833922
• ISBN-13: 978-0521833929
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,501,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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