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First Published In 2006. Routledge Is An Imprint Of Taylor & Francis, An Informa Company. Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Idea Of Information Overload In The Eighteenth Century; Chapter One Information Ad Infinitum: Bunyan's Lessons In Careful Reading In The Pilgrim's Progress; Chapter Two Information As Ambush: Miscommunication And The Post In Behn's The History Of The Nun; Chapter Three Suffocation By Information: Collectivity And The Secretary In Swift's A Tale Of A Tub; Chapter Four Infectious Information: Signs Of Collective Intelligence In Defoe's A Journal Of The Plague Year; Afterword Toward A Material Poiesis Of Information Notesbibliography; Index Katherine E. Ellison. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English