The LitCrit ToolKit
geocities.com
Beginner's guide to literary theory, demonstrating all the major schools of literary criticism by applying each to the beginning of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.
Prose and Verse Criticism of Poetry
rpo.library.utoronto.ca
Large index of poetry criticism. Has annotated e-texts of many classics. Part of the University of Toronto's English Library.
Sacred Ambivalence
humnet.ucla.edu
Mimetology in Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus.
Rettberg, Scott
caxton.stockton.edu
This hypertext author and theorist and teacher of new media studies has a weblog, online publications, CV, teaching information and links to other sites.
Literature, Cognition, and the Brain
bc.edu
Research at the intersection of literary studies, cognitive theory, and neuroscience
Picot, Edward
edwardpicot.com
Articles about and criticism of hyperliterature and links to other related sites.
Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
kristisiegel.com
An index with brief explanations and bibliographies.
Cole, William
donutage.org
Has researched hypertext in relation to the Talmud. His website includes a CV and list of publications.
Image and Narrative
imageandnarrative.be
An academic e-journal on theory and criticism of visual narrative.
Terms and Definitions
sou.edu
Definitions of some basic terms used in the discussion of literary theory.
Jahn, Manfred
uni-koeln.de
Abstracts and articles on narratology and literature, including a guide to the theory of narrative.
Kaplan, Nancy
iat.ubalt.edu
Essays in hypertext and on hypertext as well as information on courses Kaplan teaches and links to sites that interest her.
Cyberspace, Hypertext, & Critical Theory
cyberartsweb.org
Overview of interrelations between cyberspace and information technology on the one hand and critical theory and philosophy on the other.
NarrNet
narratology.net
Information network for narratologists: about seminars, research groups and their projects, a mailing list, bibliography, and links.
Brains, Minds, and Texts
bc.edu
A review of `The Literary Mind' by Mark Turner, discussing that book's concern with the pervasive use of narrative in human cognition.
Marshall, Cathy
csdl.tamu.edu
Developer, theorist and hypertext fiction author whose research is in the fields of annotation, spatial hypertext and e-books. Several publications available here.
Snyder, Ilana
education.monash.edu.au
Hypertext, literacy and new media researcher. List of publications.
Ryan, Marie-Laure
lamar.colostate.edu
An article on 'Media and Narrative' and abstracts of various articles on narrative theory.
Encyclopaedia and Hypertext
educ.fc.ul.pt
Hypertext as an object of philosophical reflection. The three main research topics are From Encyclopaedia to Hypertext, Hypertext and Text Theory, and The Image Atlas of Aby Warburg.
The Book Review Forum
aimoo.com
Individualized forums for reviews and review writing.
New Criticism Explained
sou.edu
Brief overview of New Criticism and the major writers connected with it.
Wardrip-Fruin, Noah: Hyperfiction
hyperfiction.org
Weblog including criticism and reviews of hyperfiction, hypertext theory and extracts of work in progress. Wardrip-Fruin is a theorist and hyperfiction author.
Voice of the Shuttle: Literary Theory
vos.ucsb.edu
A directory of links to literary criticism and analysis on the Internet, mostly scholarly.
Fagerjord, Anders
media.uio.no
A Norwegian researcher specialising in hypertext, the web, convergence and multimedia. Description of his research, publications, weblog.
Kirschenbaum, Matthew G.
otal.umd.edu
Weblog and publications from a scholar of digital textuality, materiality and new media.
Approaches to Reading and Interpretation
assumption.edu
Overviews of the new criticism and formalism, traditional historicism, new historicism, reader-response criticism, psychoanalytical criticism, feminist literary criticism, structuralist criticism, and Marxist literary criticism.
Liquid Narrative
liquidnarrative.csc.ncsu.edu
Research group which aims to create computational models and applications of narrative interaction.
Literary Theory Explorations
suite101.com
The world of literary theory is an ever changing hot bed of debate. Here it is explored in all its facets, from semiotics, to classicism, surrealism, and post modernism.
BeeHive
beehive.temporalimage.com
Hypertext and hypermedia literary journal.
Moulthrop, Stuart
iat.ubalt.edu
Pioneer of hypertext theory and innovative creative hypertext and cybertext fiction author.
HyperLiterature/HyperTheory
ebbs.english.vt.edu
Resource offering links and bibliography.
Deena Larsen's Hypertext and Electronic Literature Corner
deenalarsen.net
General introduction, list of hypertexts categorized by the time needed to enjoy each one, recommended webzines, and Larsen's own hypertext fiction.
Luesebrink, Marjorie (also known as M. D. Coverley)
califia.us
Hypertext theorist and author, whose site contains most of her fictional and theoretical work.
Illuminations
uta.edu
Collection of articles, excerpts, and chapters from many contemporary writers of and about critical theory, firmly based in Frankfurt School thought.
How to Use Formalist Tools to Analyze Literature
sou.edu
Step-by-step approach.
Walker, Jill
jilltxt.net
jill/txt is Jill Walker's blog or research diary about hypertext fiction, electronic texts, net art, net literature, MUDs and MOOs, computer games and cyberculture.
The Hypertext Kitchen
hypertextkitchen.com
Portal.
Marxist Criticism
lawrence.edu
Course materials covering Marxist critics such as George Lukacs, Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser.
Writing Lives. Technology, Creativity and Hypertext Fiction
duke.edu
Michael Shumate's Masters Thesis for Duke's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, completed in August 1996.
Glossary of Terms
pfmb.uni-mb.si
Definitions of key words in the discussion of literary theory.
Literature and Ideology
cas.ilstu.edu
An essay on the influence of Raymond Williams, Etienne Balibar and Pierre Macherey, and Terry Eagleton on postmodern critical theory.
Johnson-Eilola, Johndan
clarkson.edu
Recent publications and conference presentations, course notes, weblog.
Bolter, Jay David
lcc.gatech.edu
Author of two influential books in hypertext theory: Writing Space (1991) and Remediation (1998, with Richard Grusin). Publications and teaching syllabi.
Criticism and Theory Resources
library.utoronto.ca
Resource page hosted by the University of Toronto. Has an essay on the Postmodern by Linda Hutcheon, a glossary of literary theory, Hazlitt's essays on the characters of Shakespeare's plays, and Leslie Stephen on George Eliot.
Some Characteristics of Contemporary Theory
brocku.ca
Brief review of some of the premises shared by a several theoretical approaches.
Greco, Diane
home.earthlink.net
Greco has published hypertext fictions and theory, and has worked as a hypertext editor at Eastgate. Her weblog comments hypertext and related fields and has links to her other work.
Literary Theory
ios.org
A study guide on Literary Theory provided by The Objectivist Center. Covers Aristotelian Theory, Post-Aristotelian Theory, and Chicago School of Criticism.
Glossary of Literary Theory
library.utoronto.ca
An index of brief explanations of critical terms. Hosted by the University of Toronto.
The Narrative Act: Wittgenstein and Narratology
pum.umontreal.ca
In this article, Henry McDonald develops distinctions between aspects of narrative, drawing on the work of the later Wittgenstein.
Hyperizons
duke.edu
Theory and Criticism of Hypertext Fiction, by Michael Shumate.
Indra's Net or Hologography
shadoof.net
Introduction to some of the work in 'machine modulated poetry' which John Cayley has been developing since the late 1970s.
Hypertext Resources at Eastgate
eastgate.com
Resource list by specialists in hypertextual fiction and theory.
Necessary Lie: A Process of Mediated Memory
egs.edu
Master's thesis by Jay Stern examining the flawed process of narrative as a medium for experience.
Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory
cddc.vt.edu
Literary genres, specific historical periods, pedagogical issues, politics and literature, and literary theory.
New Criticism
lawrence.edu
University project on this school of literary theory.
Blustein, Jamie
csd.uwo.ca
Scholarly resources on hypertext, including advice for students), publications, bookmark index, personal information, non-scholarly resources, off-line activities, address.
Timeline of Critical Paradigms
sou.edu
Traces formalism, deep structuralism, and post-structuralism. Briefly looks at a few other schools as well.
Nestvold, Ruth: The use of the second person in electronic fiction
ruthnestvold.com
Essay discussing second person narration in hypertext fiction and text adventures. First presented at the IALS conference in Freiburg in 1997.
ht_lit Mailing List
wordcircuits.com
Instructions on how to join ht_lit, a low-traffic but valuable list a lot of hypertext theorists are members of.
Wikinovela
wikinovela.org
Open-source collective hypertextual writing project. In English, Spanish and Basque.
Lisbeth Klastrup: A Study of Interactive Reading
itu.dk
An MA thesis written in 1997 discussing, among other works, Joyce's afternoon, Moulthrop's Victory Garden and Gaarder's Sophie's World
Suite101: Lit[art]ure
suite101.com
Interviews with new media poets and net artists, reviews of websites, criticism, articles and discussion. Part of Suite101, a volunteer editing project.
The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia
comp.glam.ac.uk
Annual peer-reviewed review journal on the practical and theoretical developments in hypermedia and hypertext. Of interest both to technical developers and to esthetical or cultural theorists. Print journal, abstracts available online.
alt.hypertext FAQ
csd.uwo.ca
Answers to questions frequently asked in alt.hypertext and references to other online resources about hypertext and hypermedia.
Digital Literature: From Text to Hypertext and Beyond
cc.jyu.fi
Raine Koskimaa's PhD thesis, which develops critical approaches to reading hypertext through close readings of several hypertext fictions.
Rosenberg, Jim
well.com
Hypertext theorist and author of spatial hypertext poems. His website includes links to both theory and artistic work, and a bibliography of offline work.
HyperContent, HyperJunk
robotwisdom.com
"Hypertext theory as if the WWWeb matters". Includes a timeline of hypertext evolution and a concise taxonomy of varieties of hypertext, with examples and links.
Bernstein, Mark
markbernstein.org
Developer of hypertext software (notably Storyspace and Tinderbox) and hypertext theorist, publisher and editor. Weblog, links to publications.
ACM Special Interest Group for Hypertext and Hypermedia and the Web
acm.org
Host of annual, international conferences since 1987. Access to full papers from the conferences in the ACM digital library, in addition to newsletters and conference information.
Hipertulia
ucm.es
Forum whose aim is to introduce hypertext and hyperfiction to the Spanish-speaking public. Includes some articles in English.
Miles, Adrian
hypertext.rmit.edu.au
Personal website of this Australian researcher on hypertext, media studies and cinema.
Douglas, Jane
nwe.ufl.edu
Theorist and author who is particularly known for her work on closure in hypertext fictions. Many of her publications are available here.
Gunder, Anna
littvet.uu.se
A Swedish researcher completing a PhD which develops narratological theory to analyse hypertexts, with particular reference to Joyce's afternoon. Some of her papers are online, in English and Swedish.
Joyce, Michael
iberia.vassar.edu
The author of what may be the first hypertext fiction, Afternoon. Links to online fiction, to his publishers and his CV.
Weblog Kitchen: Hypertext Theory
weblogkitchen.com
An entry point for discussion of hypertext theory, rhetoric, and related topics.
Harpold, Terry
web.nwe.ufl.edu
Has written on the nature of links and of psychoanalytic approaches to hypertext. List of publications (few online), course web sites.
Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
com.washington.edu
An online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture. Book reviews, and bibliographies.