Description
| Product ID: | 9781501363184 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Electronic Literature |
| Title: | Grammalepsy |
| Subtitle: | Essays on Digital Language Art |
| Authors: | Author: Professor John Cayley |
| Page Count: | 312 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy of language, Philosophy of language, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Media studies, Technology: general issues, Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Media studies, Technology: general issues, Digital lifestyle |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Collecting and recontextualizing writings from the last twenty years of John Cayley’s research-based practice of electronic literature, Grammalepsy introduces a theory of aesthetic linguistic practice developed specifically for the making and critical appreciation of language art in digital media. As he examines the cultural shift away from traditional print literature and the changes in our culture of reading, Cayley coins the term “grammalepsy” to inform those processes by which we make, understand, and appreciate language. Framing his previous writings within the overall context of this theory, Cayley eschews the tendency of literary critics and writers to reduce aesthetic linguistic making—even when it has multimedia affordances—to “writing.” Instead, Cayley argues that electronic literature and digital language art allow aesthetic language makers to embrace a compositional practice inextricably involved with digital media, which cannot be reduced to print-dependent textuality. This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Collecting and recontextualizing writings from the last twenty years of John Cayley’s research-based practice of electronic literature, Grammalepsy introduces a theory of aesthetic linguistic practice developed specifically for the making and critical appreciation of language art in digital media. As he examines the cultural shift away from traditional print literature and the changes in our culture of reading, Cayley coins the term “grammalepsy” to inform those processes by which we make, understand, and appreciate language.Framing his previous writings within the overall context of this theory, Cayley eschews the tendency of literary critics and writers to reduce aesthetic linguistic making—even when it has multimedia affordances—to “writing.” Instead, Cayley argues that electronic literature and digital language art allow aesthetic language makers to embrace a compositional practice inextricably involved with digital media, which cannot be reduced to print-dependent textuality. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic USA |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-19 |
