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LEADER: 01566cam a22002418a 4500
001 2009048419
003 DLC
005 20091124064706.0
008 091123s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009048419
020 $a9780230542556 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aPN3448.H96$bB46 2010
082 00 $a809.3/911$222
100 1 $aBell, Alice,$d1979-
245 14 $aThe possible worlds of hypertext fiction /$cAlice Bell.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2010.
263 $a1005
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"Written in hypertext and read from a computer, hypertext novels exist as a collection of textual fragments, which must be pieced together by the reader. The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction offers a new critical theory tailored specifically for this burgeoning genre, providing a much needed body of criticism in a key area of new media fiction"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: The Universe of Hypertext Fiction -- Hypertext Fiction and the Importance of Worlds -- Contradictions, World Views and the Nature of Truth in Michael Joyce's (1987) afternoon--a story -- Going, Going, Gone: the Slippery Worlds of Stuart Moulthrop's (1995) Victory Garden -- Is there a Mary/Shelley in this World? Parody and Counterparts in Shelley Jackson's (1997) Patchwork Girl -- The Colourful Worlds of Richard Holeton's (2001) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aHypertext fiction$xHistory and criticism.