Borges 2.0 : from text to virtual worlds / Perla Sassón-Henry.

Author/creator Sasson-Henry, Perla, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2007.
Descriptionx, 125 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986--Criticism and interpretation.
Literature and technology.
Literature and science.

Variant title Borges two point o
SeriesLatin America, 1524-7805 ; v. 13
Latin America (Peter Lang Publishing) ; v. 13. ^A530761
Contents Computers, hypermedia, and the humanities -- Jorge Luis Borges : a forerunner of the technology of the new millennium--links and forking paths -- The significance of the theories of Deleuze, Guattari, and Eco to understanding Borges's work and hyperfiction -- "The library of Babel," "The garden of forking paths," and the World Wide Web as rhizomatic and hypertextual environments -- "The library of Babel, " "The garden of forking paths," and the World Wide Web : worlds as mazes and labyrinthine nets -- Towards the future : bridging the gap between literature, science, and technology -- Chaosmic libraries : Jorge Luis Borges's "The library of Babel" and Stuart Moulthrop's cybertext "Reagan library" -- North meets South : Jorge Louis Borges's "The interloper" and Natalie Bookchin's media experiment The intruder -- Epilogue : back to the future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [115]-120) and index.
LCCN 2007005854
ISBN9780820497143 (alk. paper)
ISBN0820497142 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PQ7797.B635 Z916455 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold