Written in the invented language mezangelle, mez breezes. Encouraged to patch up the scattered chunks of text, the. Shelley jackson s brilliantly realized hypertext patchwork girl is an electronic fiction that manages to be at once highly. She fell in love with books and she knew she wanted to become a writer. Oct 09, 2017 in my cyberfeminism class this semester we are reading an old hypertext fiction from the 90s about the female monster that frankenstein began. Rom is considered groundbreaking work of hyperfiction yhyperfiction. Reading hypertext books pics download new books and. It picks up the monstrous bodymonstrous text idea from mary shelley s frankenstein and really explores monstrosity in all its various forms.
Once the program opens, choose file, open and patchw. Oct, 2011 patchwork girl is a work of electronic literature by american author shelley jackson. Shelley jackson born 1963 is an american writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995. Wikipedia says he was a french acrobat, actor, screenwriter and producer and that he also appeared in his majesty the scarecrow of oz. Shelley jackson is an american writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995.
Aug 14, 2014 mapping shelley jacksons patchwork girl posted on august 14, 2014 by rachel fox shelley jacksons hypertext, patchwork girl, begins with a series of, not so much headings, but hyperlinks. It picks up the monstrous bodymonstrous text idea from mary shelleys frankenstein and really explores monstrosity in all its various forms. Landow, professor of english and art history, brown university patchwork girl, shelley jacksons brilliant hypertext parable of writing and identity generates both its themes and techniques from the kind of collagewriting intrinsic to hypertext. Buy patchwork girl by jackson, shelley from amazons fiction books store. Buy patchwork girl by shelley jackson from amazons fiction books store. The interview is divided into nine parts and provides insights into the development of the work. Patchwork girl is great hypertext and a great novel. Litterature americaine contemporaine, shs humanities and social sciences, shs. The actor playing the patchwork girl is pierre couderc or the marvelous couderc. In the patchwork girl folder, doubleclick on the storyspace reader icon. May 29, 2014 part 1 of shelley jackson s traversal of her hypertext poem, patchwork girl, for the pathfinders project, led by dene grigar and stuart moulthrop and sponsored by the national endowment for the. The melancholy of anatomy by shelley jackson overdrive. Shelley jackson s the patchwork girl is perhaps the bestknown work in the genre of electronic literature.
The narrative documents her adventures in nineteenthcentury england and modernday urban america as she transforms from a solitary figure. Flickering connectivities in shelley jacksons patchwork. Patchwork girl reading guide uw courses web server. Flickering connectivities in shelley jacksons patchwork girl. Shelley jacksons patchwork girl was created in storyspace, is distributed by eastgate systems, inc. It was written in storyspace and published by eastgate systems in 1995. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl patchwork girl, a hypertext vision sewn together by shelley jackson, is a story and an account of. In the patchwork girl folder, click on the patchwork girl icon to open the novel. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. A selfdescribed student in the art of digression, jackson holds an ab in studio art from stanford university and an mfa in creative writing from brown university. Presentation mode open print download current view. On the oz kids, she was voiced by lori alan and had numerous infant patchwork kids.
In my cyberfeminism class this semester we are reading an old hypertext fiction from the 90s about the female monster that frankenstein began. Gathering the limbs of the text in shelley jacksons. Jackson studied with robert coover at brown university and now lives in new york city. Shelley jacksons the patchwork girl is perhaps the bestknown work in the genre of electronic literature.
On the body the original body is dissociated, porous and unbiased the mind, on the other hand has an obsession with stasis, centrality, and unity. Or, a modern monster 1995 is a gothic novel in which the protagonist, the patchwork girl of the title, is a supernatural being comprised of a collection of human body parts donated, willingly, from the dead. Shelley jackson shelley jacksons patchwork girl patchwork. The narrative documents her adventures in nineteenthcentury england and modernday urban america as. Certainly one way that patchwork girl is monstrous has to do with technology big surprise thereit takes hours just to figure out how to read the novel. Shelley jacksons patchwork girl takes as its premise that mary shelleys second monster, the female companion that victor frankenstein. Jackson is the author of patchwork girl, a hypertext poem riffing off mary shelley s frankenstein that represents a high mark of the genre. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Shelley jacksons patchwork girl and the gothic nature of hypertext. Shelley jacksons hypertext, patchwork girl, begins with a series of, not so much headings, but hyperlinks. The thesis explores how shelley jackson s hypertext work patchwork girl 1995 provides a feminist alternative to dominant frankensteinian mythologies of unethical creation, arguing that it succeeds in doing so by offering alternative approaches to. I expect there are some of you who still think i am shelley jackson, author of a hypertext about an imaginary monster, the patchwork girl mary. The importance of mediaspecific analysis 2000pmc 10. Shelley jacksons hypertext novel patchwork girl is a continuation of the.
Has a lot to do with learning to piece yourself together. Described by robert coover as perhaps the true paradigmatic work of the golden age of hypertext literature, shelley jacksons patchwork girl 1995 provides not only a rewriting of mary shelleys frankenstein 1818, but an opportunity to consider the ways in which the gothic as a genre serves to problematize the somatic dimension of our writing technologies. Request pdf flickering connectivities in shelley jacksons patchwork girl. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Shelley jackson biography yborn in 1963 in the philippines yraised in berkeley, ca yher family ran a bookstore, which had a great influence on her. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Jackson is the author of patchwork girl, a hypertext poem riffing off mary shelleys frankenstein that represents a high mark of the genre. Before going any further, a general description of. She is seen in the background at princess ozmas coronation.
To click on each hyperlink is to venture into a different zone of the story. The thesis explores how shelley jacksons hypertext work patchwork girl 1995 provides a feminist alternative to dominant frankensteinian mythologies of unethical creation, arguing that it succeeds in doing so by offering alternative approaches to linear and positivist knowledge production. I expect there are some of you who still think i am shelley jackson, author of a hypertext about an imaginary monster, the patchwork girl mary shelley made after her firstborn ran amok. Gathering the limbs of the text in shelley jackson.
Part 1 of shelley jacksons traversal of her hypertext poem, patchwork girl, for the pathfinders project, led by dene grigar and stuart moulthrop. Part 1 of shelley jacksons traversal of her hypertext poem, patchwork girl, for the pathfinders project, led by dene grigar and stuart moulthrop and sponsored by the national endowment for the. Adventure and adventurers juvenile fiction subject. View essay shelley jackson from wmst 3440h at trent university. A selfdescribed student in the art of digression, jackson holds an ab in studio art from stanford university and. Many of our finest critics have studied hypertext, especially such classics as michael joyce s afternoon and shelley jacksons patchwork girl.
Shelley jacksons patchwork girl demonstrates how intertextual allusions are used as piecework in order to construct new literatures together from various sources. The patchwork girl of oz to elle magazine to eastgates manual. She also appeared in walter murchs return to oz as an unbilled extra. Jacksons numerous and varied publicationsher novel half life, a 440page novel about conjoined twins chosen as one of the village voices favorite books of 2006, her story collection the melancholy of anatomy, the acclaimed hypertexts patchwork girl a reworking of the frankenstein myth, the doll games, and my body, her illustrated chil. Although shelley jacksons patchwork girl is hypertextual, navigating. Using shelley jacksons 1995 hypertext work patchwork girl as the initial model for a form of cyberfemininity that operates through hybridity and excess, this article examines the legacies of patchwork digital femininity in the works of mez breeze and stephanie strickland. For twenty years, fine writers have worked to explore the possibilities of the link, to come to grips with the most important new punctuation since the comma. Ub s exhibit x f iction series presents shelley jackson.
This article revisits questions of the embodiment screen and otherwise with regard to the most representative first generation hypertext fictionsshelley jacksons patchwork girlin order to show how this new genres search for identity takes the form of a programmatic inversion of the principles underlying the romantic poetics and imagery and of a conscious identification with the. Using shelley jackson s 1995 hypertext work patchwork girl as the initial model for a form of cyberfemininity that operates through hybridity and excess, this article examines the legacies of patchwork digital femininity in the works of mez breeze and stephanie strickland. Patchwork girl is a work of electronic literature by american author shelley jackson. Part 1 of shelley jackson s traversal of her hypertext poem, patchwork girl, for the pathfinders project, led by dene grigar and stuart moulthrop and sponsored by the national endowment for the. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. A village voice writer on the verge and pushcart prize winner.
Shelley jacksons patchwork girl patchwork girl, a hypertext vision sewn together by shelley jackson, is a story and an account of. No, i am the monster herself, and it is shelley jackson who is imaginary, or so it would appear, since she always vanishes when i turn up. It is often discussed along with michael joyces afternoon, a story as an important work of hypertext fiction. Jackson, a published book illustrator as well as author. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Mapping shelley jacksons patchwork girl the bookstore. Thundertoad animations comparatively primitive cgi version from 2005 featured cyndi. In the late nineties, jackson alternated hypertext work with writing short stories. In this hypertext, mary shelley finishes the creation and this is the story of her, the patchwork girl. Shelley jacksons hypertext consists of five main sections. Landow, professor of english and art history, brown university patchwork girl, shelley jackson s brilliant hypertext parable of writing and identity generates both its themes and techniques from the kind of collagewriting intrinsic to hypertext. Shelley jackson born 1963 is a writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her groundbreaking work of hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995. Although shelley jacksons patchwork girl is hypertextual.
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