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Twining: Critical and Creative Approaches to Hypertext Narratives

Anastasia Salter and Stuart Moulthrop
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Hypertext is now commonplace: links and linking structure nearly all of our experiences online. Yet the literary, as opposed to commercial, potential of hypertext has receded. One of the few tools still focused on hypertext as a means for digital storytelling is Twine, a platform for building choice-driven stories without relying heavily on code. In Twining, Anastasia Salter and Stuart Moulthrop lead readers on a journey at once technical, critical, contextual, and personal. The book’s chapters alternate careful, stepwise discussion of adaptable Twine projects, offer commentary on exemplary Twine works, and discuss Twine’s technological and cultural background. Beyond telling the story of Twine and how to make Twine stories, Twining reflects on the ongoing process of making.

"While there have certainly been attempts to study Twine historically and theoretically... no single publication has provided such a detailed account of it. And no publication has even attempted to situate Twine amongst its many different conversations and traditions, something this book does masterfully." — James Brown, Rutgers University, Camden

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Introduction. Why Twine?
  • Chapter T-1. Twine as Platform
  • Chapter P-1. From Links to Stories
  • Chapter T-2. Twine (R)evolutions
  • Chapter P-2. Variation
  • Chapter T-3. Twine and the Question of Literature
  • Chapter P-3. Generation
  • Chapter T-4. Queer Twine and Camp
  • Chapter P-4. Too Much Twine
  • Chapter T-5. Twine and the Critical Moment
  • Chapter P-5. Conceptual Twining
  • Conclusion. Forever Twine
  • Appendix I. Interview with Chris Klimas
  • Appendix II. Interview with Dan Cox
  • Appendix III. Bonus Practical Chapter: Beyond Twine
The complete proposal and manuscript of this work were subjected to a partly closed (“single-blind”) review process. For more information, please see our Peer Review Commitments and Guidelines.
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Published: 2021
Publisher: Amherst College Press
Copyright: 2021
ISBN(s)
  • 978-1-943208-24-1 (paper)
  • 978-1-943208-25-8 (open access)
Subject
  • 21st Century Literature
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
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