Developments over the last twenty years have fueled considerable speculation about the future of the book and of reading itself. This book begins with a gloss o

From Pierre de Fermat to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Graham Greene, readers have related to books through the notes they write in the margins. In this pioneering

Developments over the last twenty years have fueled considerable speculation about the future of the book and of reading itself. This book begins with a gloss o

Develops a theoretical framework for understanding how electronic literature both draws on the print tradition and requires reading and interpretive strategies.

Lori Emerson examines how interfaces—from today’s multitouch devices to yesterday’s desktops, from typewriters to Emily Dickinson’s self-bound fascicle