[EAS]Hype(rtext)

pjk peter.kindlmann at yale.edu
Tue Dec 19 05:01:11 EST 2000


Subject:   Hype(rtext)

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RECOMMENDED READING

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"Don't Believe the Hype(Rtext): A Meta-Meta-Criticism of
Meta-Criticism" by Curt Cloninger, in *spark-online.com, issue
14.0, November 2000.

". . . hypertext literature is a wonderful subject for discourse,
theory, and intellectual hobnobbing; but in the final analysis,
there's really not that much to it. . . . Insofar as hypertext
comprises a new literary genre, it's about as riveting as those
'write your own story' books that came out when I was a kid ('If
you choose to fight the dragon, turn to page 72. If you choose to
elope with the maiden, turn to page 287')." Read the entire article
online at
http://www.spark-online.com/november00/discourse/cloninger.html







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