The ARC and the Machine: Narrative and New Media

by Caroline Bassett

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071907343X
• ISBN13: 9780719073434
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"