Secret Writing in the Long Eighteenth Century

Theories and Practices of Cryptology

Katherine Ellison (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

75 Seiten

2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-07814-6 (ISBN)

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Cryptology of the long eighteenth century became an explicit discipline of secrecy. Theorized in pedagogical texts that reached wide audiences, multimodal methods of secret writing during the period in England promoted algorithmic literacy, introducing reading practices like discernment, separation, recombination, and pattern recognition. In composition, secret writing manipulated materials and inspired new technologies in instrumentation, computation, word processing, and storage. Cryptology also revealed the visual habits of print and the observational consequences of increasing standardization in writing, challenging the relationship between print and script. Secret writing served not only military strategists and politicians; it gained popularity with everyday readers as a pleasurable cognitive activity for personal improvement and as an alternative way of thinking about secrecy and literacy.

1. Introduction: Cryptology Before the Long Eighteenth Century and Foundational Writings; 2. Ciphering and Deciphering as Writing and Reading Processes; 3. Cipher Devices as Writing and Reading Technologies; 4. Cryptotypographies; 5. Conclusion: Pulling Back the Curtain of Secrecy.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.11.2022
Reihe/Serie	Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	152 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-009-07814-3 / 1009078143
ISBN-13	978-1-009-07814-6 / 9781009078146
Zustand	Neuware