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Liliana M. Naydan, "Flat-World Fiction: Digital Humanity in Early Twenty-First-Century America" (U Georgia Press, 2021)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Intersections of Capitalism and Digitization in Literary Fiction

This chapter delves into how contemporary literary fiction, particularly works like 'The Circle' and 'Cosmopolis', portrays the relationship between capitalism and digitization. It examines the themes of modern existence through characters and plots that reflect on the effects of constant connectivity and economic speculation.

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