Secret Writing in the Long Eighteenth Century - Theories and Practices of Cryptology

"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"--

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Foreword

Promoted as practice of self-improvement, cryptology of the long eighteenth century granted secret writing methods disciplinary legitimacy.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Ellison, Katherine (Illinois State University) Ellison, Ellison Katherine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781009078146
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907814-6
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800