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. Gaines prize for literary excellence and was a finalist for the center. Shelley jackson shelley jacksons patchwork girl patchwork. Has a lot to do with learning to piece yourself together. That was the way i approached it, it was an ok story, but didnt grab me and pull me in. Written in the invented language mezangelle, mez breezes. It was published in 1980 so if you read it with the late 70searly 80s cop show in mind it fits with that mentality.
Shelley jackson born 1963 is an american writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995. The monster becomes mss lover, then travels to america, where it goes through interesting adventures. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl was created in storyspace, is distributed by eastgate systems, inc. Flickering connectivities in shelley jackson s patchwork girl. She also appeared in walter murchs return to oz as an unbilled extra. May 29, 2014 part 2 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. Once the program opens, choose file, open and patchw. Although shelley jackson s patchwork girl is hypertextual, navigating through the novel differs from reading a web page. Shelley jacksons hypertext consists of five main sections. Thundertoad animations comparatively primitive cgi version from 2005 featured cyndi. Patchwork girl is a work of electronic literature by american author shelley jackson. Legacy storyspace work immediately takes advantage of storyspace 3s outstanding new typography. Before going any further, a general description of. Download patchwork girl cdr edition by jackson shelley.
Mapping shelley jacksons patchwork girl the bookstore. The melancholy of anatomy by shelley jackson overdrive. It is often discussed along with michael joyces afternoon, a story as an important work of hypertext fiction. 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. Flickering connectivities in shelley jacksons patchwork. 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. In the patchwork girl folder, click on the patchwork girl icon to open the novel. The actor playing the patchwork girl is pierre couderc or the marvelous couderc. Part 3 of shelley jackson s traversal of her hypertext poem, patchwork girl, for the pathfinders project, led by dene grigar and stuart moulthrop and. Read now patchwork girl cdr edition by jackson shelley 1995 pdf book free. Download pdf abstractexcerpt pdf 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. Adventure and adventurers juvenile fiction subject. It picks up the monstrous bodymonstrous text idea from mary shelley s frankenstein and really explores monstrosity in all its various forms.
Many of our finest critics have studied hypertext, especially such classics as michael joyce s afternoon and shelley jackson s patchwork girl. Read now download patchwork girl cdr edition by jackson shelley 1995 pdf book free. Gathering the limbs of the text in shelley jacksons. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The patchwork girls name is scraps tips for reading. In my cyberfeminism class this semester we are reading an old hypertext fiction from the 90s about the female monster that frankenstein began. Although shelley jacksons patchwork girl is hypertextual, navigating through the novel differs from reading a web page. Dec 10, 2008 for instance, the lexia titled composition from the crazy quilt section contains excerpts from shelleys frankenstein, staffords body criticism, baums the patchwork girl of oz, stowes the ministers wooing, and the manual from the software used to write the hypertext, getting started with storyspace.
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. 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. Patchwork girl by shelley jackson introduction patchwork girl 1995 is a hypertext novel written with storyspace authoring software. Jun 16, 2011 sanchezpalencia carazo, carolina, and manuel almagro jimenez. She fell in love with books and she knew she wanted to become a writer. The monstrosity of media in shelley jacksons patchwork girl.
Perhaps the true paradigmatic work of the era, shelley jacksons elegantly designed, beautifully composed patchwork girl offers the patient. Patchwork girl is great hypertext and a great novel. Tiffany quilt pattern pdf file a low volume patchwork etsy. 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. 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. Includes bibliographical references and index introduction. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Clayton, comments on shelley jacksons patchwork girl. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. 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 jackson s patchwork girl is not simply a new recreation of mary shelley s frankenstein in hypertext format.
Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Presentation mode open print download current view. Her first novel half life is forthcoming from harpercollins. 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. Jackson studied with robert coover at brown university and now lives in new york city. Rom is considered groundbreaking work of hyperfiction yhyperfiction. Shelley jackson is an american writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995. Yes, this is another wonderful oz book with all the old familiar characters and some new delightful ones. 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. Wikipedia says he was a french acrobat, actor, screenwriter and producer and that he also appeared in his majesty the scarecrow of oz. Ub s exhibit x f iction series presents shelley jackson. On the oz kids, she was voiced by lori alan and had numerous infant patchwork kids. Shelley jackson s patchwork girl patchwork girl, a hypertext vision sewn together by shelley jackson, is a story and an account of. It was written in storyspace and published by eastgate systems in 1995.
The cambridge companion to mary shelley cambridge companions. Part 1 of shelley jacksons traversal of her hypertext poem, patchwork girl, for the pathfinders project, led by dene grigar and stuart moulthrop. View essay shelley jackson from wmst 3440h at trent university. The patchwork girl, a free spirit if ever there was one, is brought to life in this story and then sets out into the wonderful world of oz to help her friend ojo find the ingredients for a magic potion to save his uncle. 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. Patchwork girl reading guide uw courses web server.
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. Buy patchwork girl by jackson, shelley from amazons fiction books store. 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 linear and positivist knowledge production. In reading hypertext, mark bernstein and diane greco have selected the best and most important studies of hypertext reading and criticism, drawn from disciplines ranging from philosophy and classical. A modern monster, which is a satirical rewriting about the experiences of frankensteins female monster created in mary shelley s original tale. Storyspace 3 works with existing storyspace files and creates new storyspace documents in a robust, stateoftheart xml format. She is seen in the background at princess ozmas coronation. Shelley jackson s hypertext consists of five main sections. In this hypertext, mary shelley finishes the creation and this is the story of her, the patchwork girl. The grotesque style shares with the monster of patchwork girl a subterranean. It requires experience in rotary cutting and basic straight line sewing. Patchwork girl ist eine collage aus mary shelleys frankenstein, frank l.
Reading hypertext books pics download new books and. The patchwork girl is a murder mysterydetective story set on the moon. The tiffany quilt is a traditional quilt pattern using modern fabrics, and is suitable for a beginner to intermediate sewer. 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. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. In the late nineties, jackson alternated hypertext work with writing short stories. It is a fresh and modern pattern based on just one traditional quilt blocks. Jay claytons essay documents, with great brio and scholarly rigor, his attempts at bringing together romantic literature and popular culture in a classroom environment.
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. The interview is divided into nine parts and provides insights into the development of the work. A response to alice bell formen digitaler literatur 2. 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. We chose to use shelley jackson s 1995 patchwork girl. 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. The patchwork girls name is scraps tips for reading jacksons patchwork girl the from eng 285 at university of south carolina. Comments on shelley jacksons patch work girl by jay clayton december 1999. Pdf shelley jacksons grotesque corpus notes on my body a. Shelley jackson born 1963 is a writer and artist known for her crossgenre experiments, including her groundbreaking work of hyperfiction, patchwork girl 1995. Jackson also illustrates childrens books, including two of her own, the old woman and the wave and the forthcoming. Storyspace 3 works seamlessly with tinderbox, with which it shares files.
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. Clayton explores three modern texts shelley jackson s patchwork girl, william gibson and bruce sterlings the difference engine, and tom stoppards arcadia and their relationship to, and usefulness in. Storyspace is proprietary software, created by authors jay david bolter, michael joyce, and john b. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Jackson is the author of patchwork girl, a hypertext poem riffing off mary shelley s frankenstein that represents a high mark of the genre. 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. Encouraged to patch up the scattered chunks of text, the. Jackson, a published book illustrator as well as author. Smith, which allows users to create hypertext environments of. Shelley jackson s brilliantly realized hypertext patchwork girl is an electronic fiction that manages to be at once highly. Frank baum 1856 1919 an unlucky munchkin boy named ojo must travel around oz gathering the ingredients for an antidote to the liquid of petrifaction which has turned his beloved uncle unc nunkie and the wife of the liquids creator into marble statues. Toward an aesthetics of transition david thorburn, henry jenkins web of paradox david thorburn historicizing media in transition william uricchio renewing old technologies.
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