electropoetics
The Pleasure (and Pain) of Link Poetics
Entering the cyberdebates, Scott Rettberg moves beyond technique and proposes a more generative approach to hypertext, in which an author's intention and poetic purpose have a role.
Materiality and Matter and Stuff: What Electronic Texts Are Made Of
Following Katherine Hayles, Matthew Kirschenbaum agrees that materiality matters.
A Poetics of the Link
Jeff Parker contributes to the ongoing debate on electropoetics and invites readers to post their own link types and descriptions.
What Cybertext Theory Can’t Do
A reluctant response to Markku Eskelinen's "Cybertext Theory: What An English Professor Should Know Before Trying," where Hayles discusses her admiration for Espen Aarseth's work... and the limitations within it she has perceived.
Cybertext Theory: What An English Professor Should Know Before Trying
Considering hypertext as a subset of cybertexts, Markku Eskelinen offers seven examples of how to implement Espen Aarseth's seven-fold typology.