Editing the Interface: Textual Studies and First Generation Digital Objects

Critical Writing
Author: 
Matthew G. Kirschenbaum
Publication Type: 
Article in a print journal
Language: 
English
Year: 
2002
Publisher: 
Text: An Interdisciplinary Annual of Textual Studies
URL: 
Editing the Interface: Textual Studies and First Generation Digital Objects (JSTOR)
Pages: 
15-51
Journal volume and issue: 
14
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Abstract (in English): 

The article considers "first generation digital objects" from the standpoint of textual studies, considering "digital media themselves from the specific vantage points of bibliography and textual criticism." Kirschenbaum discusses in detail different editions of Michael Joyce's afternoon and Deena Larsen's work in editing an edition of William Dickey's electronic poetry in HyperCard.

Works referenced:

Titlesort descending Author Year
afternoon, a story Michael Joyce 1990
Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) William Gibson 1992
Colossal Cave Adventure Will Crowther, Don Woods 1976
ELIZA Joseph Weizenbaum 1966
Waxweb David Blair 1993
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Critical writing referenced:

Titlesort descending Author Year
Computers as Theatre Brenda Laurel 2011
Cyberspace, Virtuality and the Text Marie-Laure Ryan 1999
Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing Jay David Bolter 2011
“How Do I Stop This Thing?” Closure And Indeterminacy In Interactive Narratives J. Yellowlees Douglas 1994
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Platforms referenced:

Title Developers Year initiated
HyperCard 1987
Storyspace 1987
MOO 1990
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