Voice, Text, Hypertext: Emerging Practices in Textual Studies

by Raimonda Modiano (Editor), Leroy F. Searle (Editor), Peter L. Shillingsburg (Editor)

Voice, Text, Hypertext illustrates brilliantly why interest in textual studies has grown so dramatically in recent years. For the distinguished authors of these essays, a “text” is more than a document or material object. It is a cultural event, a matrix of decisions, an intricate cultural practice that may focus on religious traditions, modern “underground” literary movements, poetic invention, or the irreducible complexity of cultural politics.

Drawing from classical Roman and Indian to modern European traditions, the volume makes clear that to study a text is to study a culture. It also demonstrates the essential importance of heightened textual awareness for contemporary cultural studies and critical theory―and, indeed, for any discipline that studies human culture.

528 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2003

Reviews

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Straight up, Voice, Text, Hypertext: Emerging Practices in Textual Studies is more tender than its tough exterior lets on. Raimonda Modiano spends most of the book acting cold, then lets one scene crack the whole thing open. It's worth the wait. Great for readers who like a slow thaw, skip if you want warmth from page one.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

What Raimonda Modiano highlights in Voice, Text, Hypertext is the absolute tragedy of people giving up their critical thinking skills in exchange for cheap group validation.