Where are we at all? And whenabouts in the name of space?

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Title: Where are we at all? And whenabouts in the name of space?
Author(s): Tofts, Darren
Abstract: When Dante entered the abject world of hell, it was Virgil, a classical poet who accompanied him and explained its mysteries. In a similar retro gesture, it is James Joyce, as opposed to William Gibson or R.U. Sirius, whom I adopt as my guide to cyberspace. Part of Virgil's appeal for Dante was ancestral, for he had previously taken a journey into the underworld in The Aeneid. As we continue to forge a brave new electronic frontier that goes by the name of cyberspace, Joyce seems a most appropriate guide. He too has been there before, and Finnegans Wake is my Aeneid, since it embodies the convergence of paperspace and cyberspace. [Introduction]
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Source: Hypermedia Joyce studies, Vol. 1, no. 1 (Autumn 1995)
Publication year: 1995
Keyword(s): 20th century literature; Communications; Hypertext; Information technology; Irish literature; Joyce, James, 1882-1941; Media
Publisher: Department of English and American Studies, Charles University
ISSN: 1801-1020
Publisher URL: http://hjs.ff.cuni.cz/archives/v1/hjs.html
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