Electronic Literature

Scott Rettberg is Professor of Digital Culture at the University of Bergen.

Winner of the 2019 N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature�Electronic Literature demonstrates rare common sense and an encyclopedic knowledge of works, theory, contexts, and criticism. This is a significant and important book by the field�s founder that will be the definitive work on electronic literature now and for many years to come.�N. Katherine Hayles, Duke University�Scott Rettberg provides an excellent history of digital storytelling and poetry – and points to the future. Electronic Literature is a clear map of creative writing�s conjunction with computing, a vital region of today�s culture.�Nick Montfort, author of The Truelist �Rarely do a historian and his subject match so perfectly as Rettberg and the early days of electronic literature. This authoritative account of the origins of electronic literature covers all the genre�s forms, as well as the people and institutions who helped found the field. A unique and remarkable book.�Robert Coover, novelist and Professor Emeritus of Literary Arts at Brown University

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Genres of Electronic LiteratureChapter 2: Combinatory PoeticsChapter 3: Hypertext FictionChapter 4: Interactive Fiction and Other Gamelike FormsChapter 5: Kinetic and Interactive PoetryChapter 6: Network WritingChapter 7: Divergent StreamsReferencesIndex