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Hypertext 2.0: Hypertext -- the convergence of contemporary critical theory and technology

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Parallax Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, Md., Rev., amplified ed edition, (1997)

Abstract

Mittlerweile über acht Jahre alt und in Teilbereichen sicher überholt, gilt Hypertext 2.0 von Landow immer noch als eines der Standardwerke der kritischen Hypertexttheorie. Unter Bezugnahme auf Textkonzepte von Barthe, Foucault und Derrida wird eine Geschichte der Evolution des Hypertextes entworfen mit einem kritischen Blick in die Zukunft und darauf, welche Veränderungen der Umgang mit Hypertext für literarisches Schreiben haben wird. Landows Themen u.a.: Entmachtung des Autors, Beteiligung des Lesers an der Entstehung von Literatur oder Demokratisierung des Schreibprozesses. Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. George Landow's widely acclaimed Hypertext was the first book to bring together the worlds of literary theory and computer technology to explore the implications of giving readers instant, easy access to a virtual library of sources as well as unprecedented control of what and how they read. In hypermedia, Landow saw in a strikingly literal embodiment of many major points of contemporary literary theory, particularly Derrida's idea of "de--centering" and Barthes's conception of the "readerly" versus "writerly" text. Now, in this second edition, Landow shifts the focus from Intermedia to Microcosm, Storyspace, and the World--Wide Web. He offers new, specific information about kinds of hypertext, different modes of linking, attitudes toward technology, and the proliferation of pornography and gambling on the Internet. He also comments extensively on the rhetoric and stylistics of writing in and with hypermedia. For critics, students, artists, and writers, this new edition will remain an invaluable resource. "Landow's... presentation is measured, experiential, lucid, moderate, and sensible. He merely points out that the concept 'hypertext' lets us test some concepts associated with critical theory, and gracefully shows how the technology is contributing to reconfigurations of text, author, narrative, and (literary) education." ---- Post Modern Culture, reviewing the first edition Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Criticism, Literature and technology, Hypertext systems

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