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"Harpold’s book provides a useful and interesting argument which can aid us greatly in developing a better understanding of textuality in the new media ecology."—Culture Machine

"Terry Harpold’s book is in itself a demonstration of one of the messages in this ground-breaking work on the digitization of literature. As he very convincingly argues, it is now time to study the electronic text as a form of visual reading and writing, and in this shift the necessity of folding the e-text back to previous forms of print culture in inescapable."—Image & Narrative

"Ex-foliations is a rich compendium that situates current reading practices with a long historical continuum."—American Literature

"Ex-foliations is an exploratory book. It aims to draw a map of the early years of the ‘upgrade path’, the path of textuality in new media. Harpold takes a much needed polemical stance in saying that scholars must be wary of dominant narratives on this path, with their promises of ever-improving experiences and their quite obvious commercial drives."—Culture Machine

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/12/2008
      ISBN13: 9780816651023, 978-0816651023
      ISBN10: 0816651027

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      Book Synopsis


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      "Harpold’s book provides a useful and interesting argument which can aid us greatly in developing a better understanding of textuality in the new media ecology."—Culture Machine

      "Terry Harpold’s book is in itself a demonstration of one of the messages in this ground-breaking work on the digitization of literature. As he very convincingly argues, it is now time to study the electronic text as a form of visual reading and writing, and in this shift the necessity of folding the e-text back to previous forms of print culture in inescapable."—Image & Narrative

      "Ex-foliations is a rich compendium that situates current reading practices with a long historical continuum."—American Literature

      "Ex-foliations is an exploratory book. It aims to draw a map of the early years of the ‘upgrade path’, the path of textuality in new media. Harpold takes a much needed polemical stance in saying that scholars must be wary of dominant narratives on this path, with their promises of ever-improving experiences and their quite obvious commercial drives."—Culture Machine

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