George Landow's widely acclaimed Hypertext was the first book to
bring together the worlds of literary theory and computer
technology. Landow was one of the first scholars 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 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.
From Intermedia to Microcosm, Storyspace, and the World Wide
Web, Landow offers specific information about the kinds of
hypertext, different modes of linking, attitudes toward technology,
and the proliferation of pornography and gambling on the Internet.
For the third edition he includes new material on developing
Internet-related technologies, considering in particular their
increasingly global reach and the social and political implications
of this trend as viewed from a postcolonial perspective. He also
discusses blogs, interactive film, and the relation of hypermedia
to games. Thoroughly expanded and updated, this pioneering work
continues to be the "ur-text" of hypertext studies.
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