Cybertext : perspectives on ergodic literature /

Main Author: Aarseth, Espen J., 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : ergodic literature
  • 2. Paradigms and Perspectives
  • 3. Textonomy : a typology of textual communication
  • 4. No sense of an ending : hypertext aesthetics
  • 5. Intrigue and discourse in the adventure game
  • 6. The cyborg author : problems of automated poetics
  • 7. Songs from the MUD : multiuser discourse
  • 8. Ruling the reader : the politics of "interaction"
  • 9. Conclusions : the ideology of influence.