An ongoing online project of Casey Smith's MA seminar, "The History of the Western Book," at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington DC, focusing on information, discussion, and debate about the history (and future) of scripted forms, especially the printed forms of the past five hundred years commonly referred to as books.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
The Professor Tries to Define "Book"
Book: n. a potentially portable physical object that records and transmits information whether verbal, graphic or other. Not to be confused with "text".
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