Robert Kendall papers, 1990-2010

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Summary

Creator:
Kendall, Robert
Abstract:
Hypertext poet and author; member of the Electronic Literature Organization. Collection includes Kendall's electronic equipment, manuscript drafts of his poetry, and electronic media of published and unpublished poems by Kendall and other hypertext authors. The majority of this collection is closed to research until use copies of electronic media can be made.
Extent:
12 Linear Feet
5000 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.10154

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes Kendall's early computers, hard drives, and electronic media, as well as drafts and versions of his writings in paper and electronic formats. Manuscript portion of the collection includes paper drafts of his electronic and print poems and short stories. Also includes software and hardware manuals used to create e-poetry, and electronic publications by other authors, collected by Kendall. The majority of this collection is closed to research until use copies of electronic media can be made.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Kendall has been creating interactive multimedia poetry since 1990, making him one of the earliest practitioners of the form. He is the author of a book-length hypertext poem, A Life Set for Two (Eastgate Systems, 1996). His hypertext poetry has also appeared on disk in The Little Magazine and Version Box and is forthcoming in the anthology Behind the Lines (Eastgate). It has appeared on the Web at Iowa Review Web, BBC Online, Eastgate Hypertext Reading Room, Cauldron & Net, and Cortland Review. A Wandering City (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1992), his printed book of poems, won the CSU Poetry Center Prize. Kendall's printed poetry has appeared widely in magazines (including Rattapallax, Contact II, River Styx, New York Quarterly, Barrow Street, and Indiana Review), and several anthologies have included his work. He has received a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship for Literature and a New Forms Regional Grant Program Award.

(Excerpted from Kendall's homepage, http://www.wordcircuits.com/kendall/bio.htm)

Acquisition information:
The Robert Kendall Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2012.
Processing information:

Processed by Meghan Lyon, January 2013

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, January 2013

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2012-0262, 2012-0234

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Subjects:
Poetry -- 21st century
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century
Hypertext poetry
Names:
Electronic Literature Organization
Kendall, Robert
Kendall, Robert

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Collection is restricted. Electronic media and files are closed until use copies can be made. Also, no publication of any portion of the email correspondence in the collection is allowed without the written permission of the Donor (for emails written by the Donor) or the writer of the email (for emails sent to the Donor).

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