TY - BOOK AU - Kergourlay,Gwendolyn TI - The legitimacy of digital poetry in France: An authority in the making PY - 2017///. N1 - 24 N2 - Although the web may be seen as a laboratory for literary creation, authors of digital poetry do not necessarily use it. Trying to gain legitimacy in the French literary sphere while advocating digital media in fact represents a paradox, as the avant-garde sets itself apart from online mass media. The article considers the puzzling case of why some leading authors of digital poetry are heavily involved in a collective effort to gain legitimacy as an online group, given that this is detrimental to the visibility of their own work UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-communication-et-langages1-2017-2-page-103?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -