{"product_id":"from-text-to-hypertext","title":"From Text to Hypertext","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is a tenet of postmodern writing that the subject-the self-is unstable, fragmented, and decentered. One useful way to examine this principle is to look at how the subject has been treated in various media in the premodern, modern, and postmodern eras. Silvio Gaggi pursues this strategy in \u003ci\u003eFrom Text to Hypertext,\u003c\/i\u003e analyzing the issue of subject construction and deconstruction in selected examples of visual art, literature, film, and electronic media. Gaggi concentrates on a few paradigmatic works in each chapter; he contrasts van Eyck's \u003ci\u003eWedding of Arnolfini\u003c\/i\u003e with the photography of Cindy Sherman and Barbara Kruger; examines fiction that centers on an elusive subject in works by Conrad, Faulkner, and Calvino; and explores the ability of such films as Coppola's \u003ci\u003eOne from the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and Altman's \u003ci\u003eThe Player\u003c\/i\u003e to emancipate the subject through cinematography and editing.\u003cbr\u003e In considering electronic media, Gaggi takes his argument to an entirely new level. He focuses on computer-controlled media, specifically examples of hypertextual fiction by Michael Joyce and Stuart Moulthrop. Besides recognizing how the computer has enabled artists to create works of fiction in which readers themselves become decentered, Gaggi also observes the impact of literature created on computer networks, where even the limitations of CD-ROM are lifted and the notion of individual authorship may for all practical purposes be lost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262633365848,"sku":"9780812216776","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780812216776.jpg?v=1778590829","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/from-text-to-hypertext","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}