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Zusatztext By emphasizing the pleasures and moment-to-moment experiences of digital poems more than theory and poetics, Funkhouser has succeeded in both making these poems exciting and making a convincing case for their poetic and aesthetic value. I have yet to encounter any critical work that does as good a job at orienting a newcomer to this new literary world… Explorations of digital poetry’s uncertain and ever-changing terrain are invaluable for poets, scholars, and readers. What C. T. Funkhouser has given us is in New Directions in Digital Poetry is a detailed and thoughtfully drawn map of this terrain and a guidebook for all who seek the strange pleasures of this digital art form. Informationen zum Autor C.T. Funkhouser is an Associate Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is the author of Prehistoric Digital Poetry: An Archaeology of Forms, 1959-1995 . Klappentext Examines a range of innovative practices and processes in digital poetry published on the global computer network during the past decade. Vorwort Examines a range of innovative practices and processes in digital poetry published on the global computer network during the past decade. Zusammenfassung As poets continue to use digital media technology, functionalities of computing extend aesthetic possibilities in documents focusing attention on crafting verbal content. Utility of these machines and tools enables multiple types of compounded articulation (combinations of verbal, visual, animated, and interactive elements). Building larger public awareness of the mechanics of digital poetry, New Directions in Digital Poetry aspires to influence the formation of writing with media in literary society of the future, specifically as a record of a particular technological era. Emerging from these studies is that digital poetry as a WWW-based, networked form happens 'in stages', 'on stages'. Few works require singular responses from viewers — both composition of works and viewing them are processes involving multiple steps and visual scenarios. For anyone interested in the interplay of poetry and technology, this book provides an informed look at digital poetry in its contemporary state. In the process of performing "close readings," Funkhouser makes suggestions and provides methods for viewing works, for audiences perhaps unfamiliar with mechanical and semiotic conventions being used. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Francisco J. Ricardo Chapter One Poetic Moldings on the Web Chapter Two Encounters with a Digital Poem Chapter Three Case Studies 1: continuity & diversity in online works Chapter Four Case Studies 2: digital poetry early in the 21st century Chapter Five Case Studies 3: poems of the Web, by the Web, for the Web Chapter Six In stages, on stages: attentions in digital poetry Epilogue Acknowledgements Bibliography Index ...
