Information multiplicity

Description:

In Information Multiplicity, Johnston describes how fractalized realism has redefined thought itself - from the High Modernist "stream of consciousness" into what the machine philosopher Daniel Dennett refers to as "multiple drafts" or "circuits" operating concurrently in the human brain. In a series of close readings, Johnston traces how such a viral influx of information into human consciousness has been replicated in works by Thomas Pynchon (Gravity's Rainbow and Vineland), Joseph McElroy (Lookout Cartridge), William Gaddis (JR), Don DeLillo (Libra), and William Gibson (Neuromancer).

subjects: History,  Technology and civilization in literature,  Postmodernism (Literature),  History and criticism,  Literature and technology,  Mass media,  Information science in literature,  American fiction,  Mass media and literature,  Information technology,  American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  Mass media, united states

Places: United States

Times: 20th century