Born-digital literature and Hybrid Archives. Introduction

The penultimate section on “Born-Digital Literature and Hybrid Archives,” edited by Michelangelo Zaccarello, examines the first Italian authors to adopt personal computers, the challenges of preserving their born- digital documents, and the methodological protocols needed to secure, analyze, and edit such fragile materials. The essays gathered here trace the transition from typewriter to word processor, from analog to digital, and address the wider implications of archiving electronic literary records.