Computing Literature Vol. 1: Regards Croisés: Perspectives on Digital Literature

Regards Croisés: Perspectives on Digital Literature is a collection of "criticism of digital literature from outside America. In itself, critical work from outside America is nothing new; conversely, there is no particularly American discourse on digital literature. It is too much to claim such an exceptional status. My use of “America” is meant to signal this problem of exceptionalism, since a considerable discourse and practice on digital literature exist in other parts of the Americas, notably in Brazil (and are represented in this book). A quick look shows artists and critics in a constant international exchange process, whether through Net communities such as UbuWeb, organizations such as the Electronic Literature Organization, international conferences such as the E-Poetry Festival, or other means. . . . If 'electronic culture' is a persuasive but deceptive synonym for global culture, then digital literature is a viewpoint on electronic culture that is necessarily crossed or alternative. It cites and invents perspectives beyond the existing cultural repertoire. Digital literature works with language as a problem space for electronic culture in general. The phrase 'electronic culture in general' is indicative of the problem of literature: neither in nor out of culture, it means 'to be determined.'

Look at Regards Croisés: Perspectives on Digital Literature as a valuable and necessary work for the scholar and student of the global discourse and culture surrounding digital literature." -- Sandy Baldwin, "Preface"

Contents

• "Preface" by Sandy Baldwin
• "Editorial" by Philippe Bootz
• "Narrative Motors" by Eugenio Tisselli
• "The Unsatisfied Reading" by Philippe Bootz
• "'Agents Provocateurs': Codework Interventions on the Listservs" by Camille Paloque-Berges
• "Speak, 'Memory': Simulation and Satire in Reagan Library" by Shuen-shing Lee
• "Digital Poetry Beyond the Metaphysics of 'Projective Saying'" by Janez Strehovec