We are the machine : the computer, the Internet, and information in contemporary German literature / Paul A. Youngman.
Despite our embrace of the sheer utility and productivity it has made possible, the revolution in Information Technology has led to unease about its possible misuse, abuse, and even its eventual domination of humankind. That German culture is not immune to this sense of disquiet is reflected in a br...
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Rochester, N.Y. :
Camden House,
2009.
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| Series: | Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
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Table of Contents:
- Losing ground to the machine: electronic brains in the works of Heinrich Hauser and Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Fearing the machine: two nightmares in the 1990s: Gerd Heindenreich's new riddle of the sphinx and Barbara Frischmuth's hidden meaning
- Becoming the machine: Günther Grass's and Erich Loest's virtual history, René Pollesch's postdramatic imaginings, and "real" cyber-relationships according to Christine Eichel and Daniel Glattauer.