A. Bell

The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-54255-6
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 205
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780230542556
• ISBN-10: 0230542557
• Artikelnr.: 28241112

Autorenporträt

ALICE BELL is a lecturer in English Language and Literature at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is the Principal Investigator of the Digital Fiction International Network (funded by The Leverhulme Trust) and has published articles in New Narratives: Theory and Practice (2010) and Contemporary Stylistics (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

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) A fternoon; 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