Hyper/Text/TheoryGeorge P. Landow In his widely acclaimed book Hypertext George P. Landow described a radically new information technology and its relationship to the work of such literary theorists as Jacques Derrida and Roland Barthes. Now Landow has brought together a distinguished group of authorities to explore more fully the implications of hypertextual reading for contemporary literary theory. Among the contributors, Charles Ess uses the work of Jürgen Habermas and the Frankfurt School to examine hypertext's potential for true democratization. Stuart Moulthrop turns to Deleuze and Guattari as a point of departure for a study of the relation of hypertext and political power. Espen Aarseth places hypertext within a framework created by other forms of electronic textuality. David Kolb explores what hypertext implies for philosophy and philosophical discourse. Jane Yellowlees Douglas, Gunnar Liestol, and Mireille Rosello use contemporary theory to come to terms with hypertext narrative. Terrence Harpold investigates the hypertextual fiction of Michael Joyce. Drawing on Derrida, Lacan, and Wittgenstein, Gregory Ulmer offers an example of the new form of writing hypertextuality demands. |
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... claim . First , its critics dismiss it as utopian or un- workable , and second , the claim threatens to become simply an ideolo- gy , an expression of personal or corporate preference . Without a more comprehensive theoretical ...
... claim is thematic for hypertext visionary Nelson ( Dream Machines ) and is treated perhaps most extensively in those theories of hypertext rooted in literary critical theory , such as Landow's discussion of what he characterizes as ...
... claim and yet is faced with charges of ideology and utopianism . If Habermas's theory can demon- strate that preference for democracy rests on universally valid claims , it will serve to defend hypertext theory . Moreover , Habermas's ...
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Nonlinearity and Literary Theory 51 | |
Wittgenstein Genette and the Readers Narrative | 15 |
Michel de Certeaus Wandersmänner | 11 |
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