The Cryptographic Imagination: Secret Writing from Edgar Poe to the Internet
Author:   Shawn James Rosenheim (Williams College)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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Pages:   282
Publication Date:   19 May 2020
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Author:   Shawn James Rosenheim (Williams College)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight:   0.372kg
ISBN:  

9781421437156


ISBN 10:   1421437155
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   19 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Genres Chapter 1: The King of Secret Readers Chapter 2: Secret Writing as Alchemy: Recoding Defoe Chapter 3: Detective Fiction and the Analytic Sublime Chapter 4: Dark Fiber: Cryptography, Telegraphy, Science Fiction Part 2: Effects Chapter 5: Resurrexi: Poe in the Crypt of Lizzie Doten Chapter 6: Deciphering the Cold War: Toward a Literary History of Espionage Chapter 7: Ciphering the Net Coda: Strange Loops and Talking Birds Appendix: Public-Key Cryptography Notes Glossary Index

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A masterful and imaginative work which is truly Poe-like in its fascination with cryptography, ciphers, and codes. Poe takes his place as the first postmodern thinker, a precursor of such figures as Pynchon, Borges, and William Gibson. --Errol Morris, director of The Thin Blue Line and A Brief History of Time


A masterful and imaginative work which is truly Poe-like in its fascination with cryptography, ciphers, and codes. Poe takes his place as the first postmodern thinker, a precursor of such figures as Pynchon, Borges, and William Gibson. * Errol Morris, director of The Thin Blue Line and A Brief History of Time *


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Shawn Rosenheim is associate professor of English and American Studies at Williams College.

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