Perhaps the true paradigmatic work of the era, shelley jacksons elegantly designed, beautifully composed patchwork girl offers the patient reader, if there are any left in the world, just such an experience of losing oneself to a text, for as one plunges deeper and deeper into ones own personal exploration of the relations here of creator. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl patchwork girl, a hypertext vision sewn together by shelley jackson, is a story and an account of. 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. From steam ships, to railroads, the industrial revolution would forever be engraved as the. Shelley jacksons patchwork girl and the persistence of print in the. No, i am the monster herself, and it is shelley jackson who is. In this hypertext, mary shelley finishes the creation and this is the story of her, the patchwork girl. Shelley jacksons patchwork girl is not simply a new recreation of mary shelley s frankenstein in hypertext format. Patchwork girl study guide patchwork girl where would a. The author and artist shelley jackson has produced a corpus of work in print and electronic media that takes as its central focus the relationship between human identity and the bodys constituent organs, fluids, connective tissues, and other parts. Shelley jackson s brilliantly realized hypertext patchwork girl is an electronic fiction that manages to be at once highly. Patchwork girl in the romantics classroom jay clayton, vanderbilt university. It is often discussed along with michael joyces afternoon, a story as an important work of hypertext 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.
View essay shelley jackson from wmst 3440h at trent university. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl and the persistence of print in the age of hypertext, contemporary literature on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. Hypertext novel incorporating aspects of the frankenstein tale, graphic novels, feminist meditation and storytelling. Encouraged to patch up the scattered chunks of text, the. She is the author of the acclaimed and widely studied hypertext novel patchwork girl eastgate 1995, a feminist reworking of the frankenstein myth,which robert coover has called the paradigmatic work of the golden age of hypertext. This article revisits questions of the embodiment screen and otherwise with regard to the most representative first generation hypertext fictions shelley jackson s patchwork girl in 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.
In patchwork girl, however, shelley jackson reawakens the female monster by. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl and the persistence of print in the age of hypertext paul hackman contemporary literature, volume 52, number 1, spring 2011, pp. In the late nineties, jackson alternated hypertext work with writing short stories. Patchwork girl is a work of electronic literature by american author shelley jackson. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl and the persistence of print in the age of hypertext. Once the program opens, choose file, open and patchw. The acclaimed hypertext reworking of mary shelley s frankenstein. Shelley jacksons hypertext consists of five main sections. Flickering connectivities in shelley jacksons patchwork. Cornerstone past issues summer 1999 by victor judge in garland halls microcomputer laboratory, where english professor jay clayton and 15 freshmen are discussing the hypertext novel patchwork girl by feminist and gender theorist shelley jackson, the room becomes the setting for a postmodern literary salon. Shelley jackson shelley jacksons patchwork girl patchwork. 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. Patchwork girl reading guide university of washington. Comments on shelley jackson s patchwork girl by jay clayton december 1999. Flickering connectivities in shelley jacksons patchwork girl. The actor playing the patchwork girl is pierre couderc or the marvelous couderc. Jackson was selected by the village voice as one of the years writers on the verge. 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. Hypertext in art by this i declare that i wrote this master thesis by myself, only with a help of the referenced literature and internet resources, under the supervision of my thesis advisor.
Patchwork girl operates at the intersection of print and digital media, with one influential theorist stating, shelley jackson s brilliantly realized hypertext patchwork girl is an electronic fiction that manages to be at once highly original and intensely parasitic on its print predecessors hayles my mother was a computer 143. Haraway and jacksons patchwork girl by tegan zimmerman on prezi. This article uses donna haraways work in a cyborg manifesto to examine how new reproductive technologies and politics meet and converge with fictional representations of the posthuman subject in shelley jackson s hypertext, patchwork girl. While her wellknown storyspace hypertext patchwork girl revisited. Perhaps the true paradigmatic work of the era, shelley jackson s elegantly designed, beautifully composed patchwork girl offers the patient reader, if there are any left in the world, just such an experience of losing oneself to a text, for as one plunges deeper and deeper into ones own personal exploration of the relations here of creator. Of these firstgeneration hypertext novels, one of the most widely acclaimed has been shelley jackson s patchwork girl. Shelley jackson born 1963 is an american writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995. Patchwork girl in the romantics classroom romantic circles. She is seen in the background at princess ozmas coronation.
Jackson is the author of patchwork girl, a hypertext poem riffing off mary shelley s frankenstein that represents a high mark of the genre. Patchwork girl modern monster notes title from title screen. Patchwork girl, shelley jacksons brilliant hypertext parable of writing and identity, generates both its themes. 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. How do shelleys notions of gender and patchwork relate to hypertext. Gathering the limbs of the text in shelley jackson.
Buy patchwork girl by jackson, shelley from amazons fiction books store. Clayton, comments on shelley jacksons patchwork girl. Paul hackman bio in the early 1990s a number of academics began to note the potentially drastic changes new media might have on the place of print literature in college classrooms and society at large. Ub s exhibit x f iction series presents shelley jackson. Patchwork girl ist eine collage aus mary shelleys frankenstein, frank l. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Jan 02, 2000 five hundred years of print have made the conventions of the book transparent to us.
Shelley jackson is an american writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995. Twenty years ago, the original storyspace ushered in the era of serious interactive writing with works like michael joyces afternoon, a story a graceful and provocative work. In the patchwork girl folder, click on the patchwork girl icon to open the novel. Thundertoad animations comparatively primitive cgi version from 2005 featured cyndi. Smith, which allows users to create hypertext environments of fiction and nonfiction. Shelley jackson s hypertext consists of five main sections. Patchwork girl study guide patchwork girl where would a cyborg course be without at least one cybertext patchwork girl is an older firstgeneration. 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. The monstrosity of media in shelley jackson s patchwork girl. 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. The monster becomes mss lover, then travels to america, where it goes through interesting adventures. Shelley jackson writes on snow for a new type of story.
Laura shackelford search for other works by this author on. Patchwork girl, or, a modern monster a graveyard, a. Toward an aesthetics of transition david thorburn, henry jenkins web of paradox david thorburn historicizing media in transition william uricchio renewing old technologies. The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. Summary hypertext novel incorporating aspects of the frankenstein tale, graphic novels, feminist meditation and storytelling. The only good thing about winter is this story written in. The acclaimed hypertext reworking of mary shelleys frankenstein. Although shelley jacksons patchwork girl is hypertextual, navigating through the novel differs from reading a web page. In the body of text section of patchwork girl, shelley jacksons hypertext novel, there is a fragment, a small. 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. Feminist alternatives tofrankensteinianmyths in shelley. Project muse flickering connectivities in shelley jacksons. How does the idea of monster relate to the medium of hypertext.
Patchwork girl is taught in college classrooms around the world. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl was created in storyspace, is distributed by eastgate systems, inc. 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. It argues that jackson s text offers a cyborgian reading of reproduction that challenges the dominant discourse surrounding new. Rom is considered groundbreaking work of hyperfiction yhyperfiction. Project muse reproductive technologies, fetal icons, and. Wikipedia, june 12, 2017 shelley jackson born 1963 is a writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her groundbreaking work of hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995.
Shelley jacksons patchwork girl is not simply a new recreation of mary shelleys frankenstein in hypertext format. Aug 14, 2014 shelley jacksons hypertext, patchwork girl, begins with a series of, not so much headings, but hyperlinks. How does the metaphor of the scar relate to hypertext. We chose to use shelley jackson s 1995 patchwork girl. To click on each hyperlink is to venture into a different zone of the story. Shelley jacksons patchwork girl and angela carters the. Storyspace is proprietary software, created by authors jay david bolter, michael joyce, and john b. Her first novel half life is forthcoming from harpercollins. On the oz kids, she was voiced by lori alan and had numerous infant patchwork kids. Shelley jackson holds an ab in art from stanford university and an mfa in creative writing from brown university.
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 s patchwork girl takes as its premise that mary shelley s second monster, the female companion that victor frankenstein began creating but then destroyed, was secretly finished by mary shelley herself. Shelley jacksons patchwork girl and the persistence of print in the age of hypertext. A selfdescribed student in the art of digression, jackson holds an ab in studio art from stanford university and. Smith, which allows users to create hypertext environments of. Video patchwork girl umd franken wiki fandom powered. Gathering the limbs of the text in shelley jacksons. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl and angela carters the passion of new eve.
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. A modern monster, which is a satirical rewriting about the experiences of frankensteins female monster created in mary shelley s original tale. Mapping shelley jacksons patchwork girl the bookstore. Part 1 of shelley jacksons traversal of her hypertext poem, patchwork girl, for the pathfinders project, led by dene grigar and stuart moulthrop. Jackson s 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. Includes bibliographical references and index introduction. Although shelley jackson s patchwork girl is hypertextual, navigating through the novel differs from reading a web page. Jackson is showing us the way we always stitch together.
The monstrosity of media in shelley jackson s patchwork girl and other posthumanist critiques of the instrumental. The interview is divided into nine parts and provides insights into the development of the work. It was written in storyspace and published by eastgate systems in 1995. Patchwork girl by shelley jackson introduction patchwork girl 1995 is a hypertext novel written with storyspace authoring software.
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