A visible presence for some two decades, electronic literature has
already produced many works that deserve the rigorous scrutiny
critics have long practiced with print literature. Only now,
however, with Electronic Literature by N. Katherine Hayles, do we
have the first systematic survey of the field and an analysis of
its importance, breadth, and wide-ranging implications for literary
study. Hayles's book is designed to help electronic literature move
into the classroom. Her systematic survey of the field addresses
its major genres, the challenges it poses to traditional literary
theory, and the complex and compelling issues at stake. She
develops a theoretical framework for understanding how electronic
literature both draws on the print tradition and requires new
reading and interpretive strategies. Grounding her approach in the
evolutionary dynamic between humans and technology, Hayles argues
that neither the body nor the machine should be given absolute
theoretical priority. Rather, she focuses on the interconnections
between embodied writers and users and the intelligent machines
that perform electronic texts. Through close readings of important
works, Hayles demonstrates that a new mode of narration is emerging
that differs significantly from previous models. Key to her
argument is the observation that almost all contemporary literature
has its genesis as electronic files, so that print becomes a
specific mode for electronic text rather than an entirely different
medium. Hayles illustrates the implications of this condition with
three contemporary novels that bear the mark of the digital.
Included with the book is a companion website
(https://newhorizons.eliterature.org/index.php) and an online
resource, The Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 1
(https://collection.eliterature.org/1/). The companion website
offers resources for teachers and students, including sample
syllabi, original essays, author biographies, and useful links. The
ELC contains sixty new and recent works of electronic literature
with keyword index, authors' notes, and editorial headnotes.
Representing multiple modalities of electronic writing-hypertext
fiction, kinetic poetry, generative and combinatory forms, network
writing, codework, 3D, narrative animations, installation pieces,
and Flash poetry-the collection encompasses comparatively low-tech
work alongside heavily coded pieces. Together, the book, companion
website, and collection provide an exceptional pedagogical
opportunity.
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