Comments on: Last week’s art.. http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/2009/12/last-weeks-art/ English 310 at Clemson University Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:45:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brian Croxall http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/2009/12/last-weeks-art/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Brian Croxall Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:09:53 +0000 http://briancroxall.net/readwrite/?p=647#comment-234 You're right, Drew, that one of the problems with YHCHI is that it can quickly lose its novelty. And then we're forced to confront the questions of whether or not it belongs in our class. I'm inclined to think that it is (and I'm obviously in control), but I will concede that others' opinions could differ for good reasons. You're also right to think about the durability of a text like this. If the Internet ages enough, they will no longer run. Some of the most important electronic literature of the last decade no longer works properly because computers no longer have the right software and the authors don't keep patching the pieces. As literary scholars, we have to ask ourselves what is worth preserving. You’re right, Drew, that one of the problems with YHCHI is that it can quickly lose its novelty. And then we’re forced to confront the questions of whether or not it belongs in our class. I’m inclined to think that it is (and I’m obviously in control), but I will concede that others’ opinions could differ for good reasons.

You’re also right to think about the durability of a text like this. If the Internet ages enough, they will no longer run. Some of the most important electronic literature of the last decade no longer works properly because computers no longer have the right software and the authors don’t keep patching the pieces. As literary scholars, we have to ask ourselves what is worth preserving.

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