Bard Swallow
Biographic Data
| ID | 6762711 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bard Swallow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bard |
| FAMILY NAME | Swallow |
| SIGNATURE | SWALLOW B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3785-1808 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
High Fantasy RPGs and the Materiality of the Medieval Book
This article describes the use of the materiality of the medieval book as a trope of medievalism in neomedieval games. It argues that the materiality of the hybrid writing/printing book culture evoked in these games does not correspond with any given historical period, not even the late 15th-century technical transition from writing to print culture; instead, the games synthesize a variety of details from separate historical periods into a cohere…
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High Fantasy RPGs and the Materiality of the Medieval Book
This article describes the use of the materiality of the medieval book as a trope of medievalism in neomedieval games. It argues that the materiality of the hybrid writing/printing book culture evoked in these games does not correspond with any given historical period, not even the late 15th-century technical transition from writing to print culture; instead, the games synthesize a variety of details from separate historical periods into a cohere…
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