Pre-web Digital Publishing and the Lore of Electronic Literature

Astrid Ensslin (Universitetet i Bergen, Norway)

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Cambridge University Press
31 March 2022

Literature: history & criticism; Publishing industry

Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

This Element examines a watershed moment in the recent history of digital publishing through a case study of the pre-web, serious hypertext periodical, the Eastgate Quarterly Review of Hypertext (1994-1995). Early hypertext writing relied on standalone, mainframe computers and specialized authoring software. With the Web launching as a mass distribution platform, EQRH faced a fast-evolving technological landscape, paired with an emergent gift and open access economy. Its non-linear writing experiments afford key insights into historical, medium-specific authoring practices. Access constraints have left EQRH under-researched and threatened by obsolescence. To address this challenge, this study offers platform-specific analyses of all the EQRH's cross-media materials, including works that have hitherto escaped scholarly attention. It deploys a form of conceptually oral ethno-historiography: the lore of electronic literature. The Element deepens our understanding of the North American publishing industry's history and contributes to the overdue preservation of early digital writing.

By: Astrid Ensslin (Universitetet i Bergen Norway)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 146g
ISBN: 9781108828888
ISBN 10: 1108828884
Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 31 March 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. Between Paradigms: EQRH as Digi-Modernist 'Little Magazine'; 3. EQRH Works; 4. Conclusion; Appendix: Technical details of individual EQRH works.

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Pre-web Digital Publishing and the Lore of Electronic Literature

Astrid Ensslin (Universitetet i Bergen, Norway)

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