{"product_id":"from-text-to-hypertext-decentering-the-subject-in-fiction-film-the-visual-arts-and-electronic-media-paperback-softback-9780812216776","title":"From Text to Hypertext; Decentering the Subject in Fiction, Film, the Visual Arts, and Electronic Media (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812216776","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Text to Hypertext\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDecentering the Subject in Fiction, Film, the Visual Arts, and Electronic Media\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSilvio Gaggi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812216776\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 8 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Gaggi demonstrates an unusual ability to explain postmodern theory in a clear and accessible manner as he follows the problem of the subject through painting and photography, literature, and film. Electronic media are destined to have a considerable impact on the construction of self in both popular and what is left of 'high' culture, and it is in the inclusion of hypertext in this analysis that Gaggi makes his most original contribution.\" (Jay David Bolter)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a tenet of postmodern writing that the subject-the self-is unstable, fragmented, and decentered. One useful way to examine this principle is to look at how the subject has been treated in various media in the premodern, modern, and postmodern eras. Silvio Gaggi pursues this strategy in \u003ci\u003eFrom Text to Hypertext,\u003c\/i\u003e analyzing the issue of subject construction and deconstruction in selected examples of visual art, literature, film, and electronic media. Gaggi concentrates on a few paradigmatic works in each chapter; he contrasts van Eyck's \u003ci\u003eWedding of Arnolfini\u003c\/i\u003e with the photography of Cindy Sherman and Barbara Kruger; examines fiction that centers on an elusive subject in works by Conrad, Faulkner, and Calvino; and explores the ability of such films as Coppola's \u003ci\u003eOne from the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and Altman's \u003ci\u003eThe Player\u003c\/i\u003e to emancipate the subject through cinematography and editing.\u003cbr\u003e In considering electronic media, Gaggi takes his argument to an entirely new level. He focuses on computer-controlled media, specifically examples of hypertextual fiction by Michael Joyce and Stuart Moulthrop. Besides recognizing how the computer has enabled artists to create works of fiction in which readers themselves become decentered, Gaggi also observes the impact of literature created on computer networks, where even the limitations of CD-ROM are lifted and the notion of individual authorship may for all practical purposes be lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555678613784,"sku":"9780812216776","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-text-to-hypertext-decentering-the-subject-in-fiction-film-the-visual-arts-and-electronic-media-paperback-softback-9780812216776","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}