The ephemerae of digital literature.

Digital literary productions often combine both the ephemeral dimensions of their screen-readable manifestation and the perennial dimension of their program. Their status thus lies between a totally ephemeral pole of performance and a totally perennial pole of reproducible publication. This "two-sid...

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Published in:Neohelicon Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 7 - 23
Main Author: Bootz, Philippe
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Jun2021
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