{"product_id":"digital-modernism-making-it-new-in-new-media-9780199937103","title":"Digital Modernism: Making It New in New Media","description":"While most critical studies of born-digital literature celebrate it as a postmodern art form with roots in contemporary technologies and social interactions, \u003cem\u003eDigital Modernism\u003c\/em\u003e provides an alternative genealogy. Grounding her argument in literary history, media studies, and the practice of\u003cbr\u003eclose-reading, Jessica Pressman pairs modernist works by Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Bob Brown, with major digital works like William Poundstone's \u003cem\u003eProject for the Tachistoscope {Bottomless Pit}, \u003c\/em\u003e Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries's \u003cem\u003eDakota\u003c\/em\u003e, and Judd Morrissey's \u003cem\u003eThe Jew's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e to demonstrate how\u003cbr\u003ethe modernist movement of the 1920s and 1930s laid the groundwork for the innovations of electronic literature. Accordingly, \u003cem\u003eDigital Modernism\u003c\/em\u003e makes the case for considering these digital creations as literature and argues for the value of reading them carefully, closely, and within literary\u003cbr\u003ehistory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Pressman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199937103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Pressman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937678475379,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3706ec24-cf5d-46ce-aa14-7ca3fd132c78.jpg?v=1647995583","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/digital-modernism-making-it-new-in-new-media-9780199937103","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}