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Frequently Asked Questions about "Hypertext" |
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What is “Hypertext”? • 2. What are the Richards Criteria? 3. Who are you? 4. What is the Popular Interpretation? 5. And the Texas/Bush School? 6. Can you summarize the Technosexual Reading? 7. How about the Richards Posttranssexual Rereading? 8. What's the story with the fan fiction and the double murder? 9. Who am I? |
2. What are the Richards Criteria?Fortunately seminal critic Ellen Richards established the authorized version of “Hypertext” before the untimely deaths of the author and all the major critics (FAQ #4, FAQ #5, FAQ #6). According to the Richards Criteria, the 69 canonical words comprise all possible hidden words in hypertext except for British spellings (tyre); out-of-fashion slang (prexy for president); archaisms and obscurities (ere, ye, ret, rete); and a few abbreviations (PE, PT, TX,and HRT, i.e. Hormone Replacement Therapy). The Richards Criteria further assert that the poem uses each word only once; no plurals or other modifications are allowed; and the initial letters of each line unscramble to spell hypertext (allowing Ex = x). Finally, according to Richards, the exact-anagram pseudonyms that pop up in the fan fiction (“Rhett Epyx,” “Hetty P. Rex,” “H. Tex Typer”) are apocryphal. |
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