Notes for Class 2: Introduction

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Some Reference Points for Discussion

Henry Fielding, Preface to Joseph Andrews (1742)

George Landow, Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology (1992)

from Carolyn Guertin, Queen Bees and the Hum of the Hive:

  1. "Honeycombings: Undermining from the Fringe"
  2. "Honeycombing: Open Forms in Hypertext and Women's Writing"
  3. "The Hum of the Senses: Speaking Sensation"

Eastgate Systems Inc.

Mark Amerika, Grammatron

  1. Entrance to high-bandwidth version
  2. "from link to link, forever connected yet apart . . ." (end of "a" series lexias)

These class notes are for a course in the Transcriptions Project | Page content by Alan Liu | Last rev 10/3/00