The poetics of scale : from Apollinaire to big data / Conrad Steel.

"Big data, sensor networks, rolling newsfeeds: today we are constantly surrounded by communication technologies mapping and remapping the complexity of our interconnected planet. But one technology has been overlooked: the poem. This book tells the story of how, over the century, authors and re...

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Main Author: Steel, Conrad, 1989- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2024.
Series:Contemporary North American poetry series.
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