Landow and the text

Landow discusses the fragmentation of text into small units that "take on a life of their own as they become more self-contained because they become less dependent on what becomes before or after in linear succession" (Landow 64).

When comparing text as it exists in print technology to text presented in hypertext technology, Landow states: "electronic text always has variation, for no one state or version is ever final; it can always be changed" (Landow 64).