The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction
Published on 10. March 2010
Book
Hardback
XII, 205 pages
978-0-230-54255-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
2010 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XII, 205 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-54255-6 (9780230542556)
DOI
10.1057/9780230281288
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
03/2010
1st Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Person
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).
Content
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