Virtual Muse Experiments in Computer Poetry

Name: Virtual Muse Experiments in Computer Poetry
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ISBN: 9780819522399

ISBN-10: 0819522392

ISBN-13: 9780819522399

Edition: 1996

Authors: Charles O. Hartman

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In this engaging, accessible memoir, Charles Hartman shows how computer programming has helped him probe poetry's aesthetic possibilities. He discusses the nature of poetry itself and his experiences with primitive computer-generated poetry programs and -- illustrated with sample computer-produced verses -- traces the development of more advanced hardware and software. The central question about this cyber-partnership, Hartman says, "isn't exactly whether a poet or a computer writes the poem, but what kinds of collaboration might be interesting." He examines the effects of randomness, arbitrariness, and contingency on poetic composition, concluding that "the tidy dance among poet and text…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Publication date: 9/20/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 164
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Start with Computers


Start with Poetry


The Sinclair ZX8 I


Travesty


AutoPoet


Prose


Avenues


Unconclusion


Appendix: Monologues of Soul & Body


Seventy-Six Assertions and Sixty-Three Questions


Dance Text


Sentences


Extraordinary Instruments