Pre-web digital publishing and the lore of electronic literature:
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Beteilige Person: Ensslin, Astrid 1975- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge elements Elements in publishing and book culture
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Abstract:This Element examines a watershed moment in the recent history of digital publishing through a case study of the pre-web, serious hypertext periodical, the Eastgate Quarterly Review of Hypertext (1994-1995). Early hypertext writing relied on standalone, mainframe computers and specialized authoring software. With the Web launching as a mass distribution platform, EQRH faced a fast-evolving technological landscape, paired with an emergent gift and open access economy. Its non-linear writing experiments afford key insights into historical, medium-specific authoring practices. Access constraints have left EQRH under-researched and threatened by obsolescence. To address this challenge, this study offers platform-specific analyses of all the EQRH's cross-media materials, including works that have hitherto escaped scholarly attention. It deploys a form of conceptually oral ethno-historiography: the lore of electronic literature. The Element deepens our understanding of the North American publishing industry's history and contributes to the overdue preservation of early digital writing.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 126-134
Umfang:134 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 18 cm
ISBN:9781108828888