A week or so ago, I was searching for an online version of Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" for my Enlightenment Literature class (death to overpriced anthologies!), when I came across a hypertext version
(http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~sconstan) of the poem. While not a very extensively annotated version of the text, it provides in a form sort of like a wiki links to explanations of language in the text and allusions, as well as visual representations of some of the scenes in the poem.

I was reminded of Landow's idea that hypertext has been latent in literature for a long time owing to such things as allusions. Not only does this online edition of Pope's work utilize the capabilities of its medium to make annotation easier, but it also effectively makes Pope's poem a multimedia, visual experience. In a way, it literalizes the associations that the reader draws in the course of reading.

I've been reading Neil Gaiman's Blog for a few days now, and I'm struck by the unique attitude that he, as an already established writer, seems to take toward his blog (he calls it a "journal" for one thing). It's an odd combination of the mundane and personal, personal promotion, and a method for his readers to contact him. For example, today's entry starts out with his iTunes installation woes, progresses to a whole list of links (including an interview he did recently), and ends with him answering a reader's note.

What I find interesting about the blog is that he seems to "let his hair down" a bit.