‘The board’s asunder’: switchboards, operators and phoneys in mid-century fiction

Annabel Williams

‘The board’s asunder’: switchboards, operators and phoneys in mid-century fiction

Annabel Williams^*

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Telepoetics
Subtitle of host publication	writing the phone in literature, culture and theory
Editors	Sarah Jackson, Philip Leonard, Annabel Williams
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Chapter	9
Pages	164-180
ISBN (Electronic)	9781399543194
ISBN (Print)	9781399543170
Publication status	Published - May 2026

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