The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: The Universe of Hypertext Fiction

   • Alice Bell

   Pages 1-9

3. Theory: Hypertext Fiction and the Significance of Worlds

   • Alice Bell

   Pages 10-27

4. Communication, Contradictions and World Views in Michael Joyce’s afternoon: a story

   • Alice Bell

   Pages 28-66

5. Interrupting the Transmission: the Slippery Worlds of Stuart Moulthrop’s Victory Garden

   • Alice Bell

   Pages 67-106

6. Is there a Mary/Shelley in this World? Rewrites and Counterparts in Shelley Jackson’s (1995) Patchwork Girl

   • Alice Bell

   Pages 107-149

7. The Colourful Worlds of Richard Holeton’s (2001) Figurski at Findhorn on Acid

   • Alice Bell

   Pages 150-184

8. Conclusion: Future Worlds

   • Alice Bell

   Pages 185-194

9. Back Matter

   Pages 195-205

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Written in hypertext and read from a computer, hypertext novels exist as a collection of textual fragments, which must be pieced together by the reader. The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction offers a new critical theory tailored specifically for this burgeoning genre, providing a much needed body of criticism in a key area of new media fiction.

• fiction
• fragment
• novel
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
• British and Irish Literature

ALICE BELL is a lecturer in English Language and Literature at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is the Principal Investigator of the Digital Fiction International Network (funded by The Leverhulme Trust) and has published articles in New Narratives: Theory and Practice (2010) and Contemporary Stylistics (2007).

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