Hypertext Manifesto

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In this paper the author looks at the old ways of presenting literary works and how these have now been overtaken with newer methods which some consider to be lacking culture and class. The author mentions how visual texts, in other words the computer, has overtaken the traditional books which are considered hard copies where pages can be turned and viewed again and again. The paper looks at the emergence of the World Wide Web from its inception and how it has developed. In conclusion, the author reminds us that there is nothing as popular as a book and that the hypertext of the computer needs to be joined with the traditional books in order for the two to work together.

Table of Contents:
Critics
The Neo-Luddite Response
Social Implications
Advances
Founders
Bush and Nelson
Footnotes
Works Cited

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"Inevitably, there are the unabashed defenders of the old ways, and they are abundantly catalogued and portrayed in the media. Only too recently, I counted myself as among those who stridently defended their campaign to expose the regrettable state of literature today. Guided by a sense of mission and fueled by genuine moral outrage, these rescuers of the word and crusaders for the Canon quickly established themselves as the penultimate conduit for all of the cultural anxiety of our time. They have a misplaced and sometimes overwrought self-righteousness about their decrees, which-no surprise-makes great copy for reporters and culture critics alike. In their zeal to skewer the opposition and every perceived bogeymen in sight, they leave a bad smell behind, like a dog having done its business. Expecting to be embraced and coddled by their fawning compatriots, and awaiting obligatory sympathy from a silent public as well, they launch their missives from near and afar, bedecked in the battle-ready fatigues of the moment."

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