Traversals: The Use of Preservation for Early Electronic Writing

by Stuart Moulthrop and Dene Grigar

An exercise in reclaiming electronic literary works on inaccessible platforms, examining four works as both artifacts and operations.

Many pioneering works of electronic literature are now largely inaccessible because of changes in hardware, software, and platforms. The virtual disappearance of these works--created on floppy disks, in Apple's defunct HyperCard, and on other early systems and platforms--not only puts important electronic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262035979
• ISBN13: 9780262035972
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher