"Libraries were originally created to preserve, archive and (later) disseminate literature. Centuries since the first libraries were created we are faced with the same issues in a digital form. Transversals is based on an NEH-funded research project to create a strong critical foundation for the study of Preservation, Archiving, and Dissemination (PAD) techniques that can help to inform scholars interested in a study of born digital objects. Focusing on four foundational works of digital literature (Stuart Moulthrop's Victory Garden, Judy Malloy's Uncle Roger: The Blue Notebook, Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl, and John McDaid's Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse), Transversals investigates what knowledge of late-20th-century experimental writing is gained when we are able to examine early digital literary works in their intended context, through recorded encounters with the texts using original equipment"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.