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The joy of literary texts

The joy of literary texts

by Talking Humanities | Mar 5, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Languages & Literature

Student Mark Pickett (MA History of the Book) wonders at the splendour created in historical literary texts by the then emerging technologies. The Latin root noun textus (meaning ‘texture, tissue, structure’) indicates the sheer craftsmanship that goes into making...

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