Former Fellow Publication: Traversals: The Use of Preservation for Early Electronic Writing

Former C21 fellow Stuart Moulthrop (2014-15), with Dene Grigar, has just published Traversals: The Use of Preservation for Early Electronic Writing with The MIT Press. The book continues Moulthrop’s work of documenting and preserving electronic literature—specifically those works that are now largely inaccessible because of changes in hardware, software, and platforms—by examining four influential early works (Judy Malloy’s Uncle Roger [1986], John McDaid’s Uncle Buddy’s Phantom Funhouse [1993], Shelley Jackson’s Patchwork Girl [1995], Bill Bly’s We Descend [1997]), and offering “deep readings” that consider the works as both literary artifacts and computational constructs.