The Bloomsbury Handbook of Electronic Literature

Winner of the 2017 N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2018 The digital age has had a profound impact on literary culture, with new technologies opening up opportunities for new forms of literary art from hyperfiction to multi-media poetry and narrative-driven games. Bringing together leading scholars and artists from across the world, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Electronic Literature is the first authoritative reference handbook to the field. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book explores the foundational theories of the field, contemporary artistic practices, debates and controversies surrounding such key concepts as canonicity, world systems, narrative and the digital humanities, and historical developments and new media contexts of contemporary electronic literature. Including guides to major publications in the field, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Electronic Literature is an essential resource for scholars of contemporary culture in the digital era.>

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Tabbi, Joseph (University of Illinois At Chicago Tabbi
• Assisted by: Joseph Tabbi (Editor), Joseph (University of Illinois At Chicago Tabbi (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781474230254
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-3025-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 244 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Hardware; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Digital lifestyle, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / General