Paper electronic literature : an archaeology of born-digital materials / Richard Hughes Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibson, Richard Hughes, author.

Series:

Page and screen

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and technology--History.

Literature and technology.

Books--Format--History.

Books.

Hypertext literature--History and criticism.

Hypertext literature.

Digital humanities.

Paper in literature.

Books and reading--Technological innovations.

Books and reading.

Literature, Experimental--History and criticism.

Literature, Experimental.

Books--Format.

Technological innovations.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The field of electronic literature has a familiar catchphrase, "You can't do it on paper." But the field has in fact never gone paperless. Reaching back to early experiments with digital writing in the mainframe era and then moving through the personal computer and Internet revolutions, this book traces the changing forms of paper on which e-lit artists have drawn, including continuous paper, documentation, disk sleeves, packaging, and even artists' books. Paper Electronic Literature attests that digital literature's old media elements have much to teach us about the cultural and physical conditions in which we compute; the creativity that new media artists have shown in their dealings with old media; and the distinctively electronic issues that confront digital artists. Moving between avant-garde works and popular ones, fiction writing and poetry generation, Richard Hughes Gibson reveals the diverse ways in which paper has served as a component within electronic literature, particularly in facilitating interactive experiences for users. This important study develops a new critical paradigm for appreciating the multifaceted material innovation that has long marked digital literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Material Reading Three Codes, Four Dimensions, and Three Strata

pt. I FIRST STRRTUM: ERRLY COMPUTING

ch. 2 The Conditions of Computing in Stratum 1 Dick Higgins's "Paper Work"

ch. 3 A House of Paper

ch. 4 Adventures in Teletype

pt. II SECOND STRATUM: PERSONAL COMPUTING

ch. 5 The Conditions of Computing in Stratum 2 Tinney's Paper Trail

ch. 6 bpNichol's First Screen Printing

ch. 7 Meeting Infocom's Deadline

pt. III THIRD STRATUM: INTERNET AGE

ch. 8 The Conditions of Computing in Stratum 3 The Book and the "City of Bits"

ch. 9 Robin Sloan's Quest Factory

ch. 10 Paper E-Lit A Tradition in the Making.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gibson, Richard Hughes. Paper electronic literature

ISBN:

9781625346001

162534600X

9781625346018

1625346018

OCLC:

1249503919