The arc and the machine : Narrative and new media.

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Author / Creator:Bassett, Caroline.
Imprint:Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (225 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11166866
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ISBN:9781847791610
1847791611
9781781700907
1781700907
0719073421
9780719073427
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The Arc and the machine is a timely and original defence of narrative in an age of information. Stressing interpretation and experience alongside affect and sensation it convincingly argues that narrative is key to contemporary forms of cultural production and to the practice of contemporary life. Re-appraising the prospects for narrative in the digital age, it insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture and provokes a critical re-appraisal of how innovations in information technology as a material cultural form can be understood and assessed. The book offers a careful explo.
Other form:Print version: Bassett, Caroline. Arc and the machine : Narrative and new media. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2007 9780719073427