Writing "Systems": Richard Yates, Remington Rand, and the Univac.

A literary criticism of the book "Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates is presented. The book focuses on the very real possibility of literary ambitions being buried underneath the business of computing. The events at the novel take place on the threshold between tabulators and computers, the old bu...

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Published in:Contemporary Literature Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 550 - 578
Main Author: Rajski, Brian
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of Wisconsin Press Fall2013
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