Repairing Rationality: Max Bense and the Automation of Literature in Post-War Germany.

The article focuses on the work of German philosopher, information theorist, and poet Max Bense and his postwar theories of machine intelligence and literary automation in Germany. It examines how Bense connected artificial intelligence, aesthetics, and literary experimentation as a reparative respo...

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Published in:Australian Literary Studies pp. 1 - 33
Main Author: Holt, Matthew
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Published: Australian Literary Studies 2025 Special Issue
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