The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction
Critical Writing
Publisher's blurb: Written in hypertext and read from a computer, hypertext novels exist as a collection of textual fragments, which must be pieced together by the reader.The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction offers a new critical theory tailored specifically for this burgeoning genre, providing a much needed body of criticism in a key area of new media fiction.
Table of Contents: The Universe of Hypertext Fiction
Hypertext Fiction and the Importance of Worlds
Contradictions, World Views and the Nature of Truth in Michael Joyce's (1987) afternoon--a story
Going, Going, Gone: the Slippery Worlds of Stuart Moulthrop's (1995) Victory Garden
Is there a Mary/Shelley in this World? Parody and Counterparts in Shelley Jackson's (1997) Patchwork Girl
The Colourful Worlds of Richard Holeton's (2001) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid
Bibliography
Index
Works referenced
Title |
Author | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Victory Garden | Stuart Moulthrop | 1991 |
| Patchwork Girl | Shelley Jackson | 1995 |
| Figurski at Findhorn on Acid | Richard Holeton | 2001 |
| afternoon, a story | Michael Joyce | 1990 |
Critical writing that references this
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Title |
Author | Publisher | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| From Revisi(tati)on to Retro-Intentionalization | Astrid Ensslin | Transcript | 2010 |
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