Cyberspace Textuality: Computer Technology and Literary Theory

by Marie-Laure Ryan (Editor)

The purpose of this book is to explore the concepts of text and the forms of textualilty currently emerging from electronic technologies.

285 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The term cyberspace dropped into the academic field in the early 1980's and by the end of the 90's a team of textuality experts formed to handle the themes implied. Some of jumped on it like it was a live grenade, about to blast apart everyone we knew about computers and literature, other kicked around the word with a sense of fin du siècle playfulness. Marie-Laure Ryan proves herself an independent scholar and powerhouse editor, assembling the crack team of already published professors to debate, provoke and reiterate how virtual reality may be bigger than hypertext, and in a way were proven correct - the slow rise of e-readers in the next decade proved that the old book could have a shiny interface without going into the forking path/choose your own ending route, and the early years after hypertext became a relic VR headsets began to make a comeback. Wonder how soon before Cyberspace Textuality 2 hits the VR goggle shelves?