"Seminal text" refers to a very influential and crucial piece of writing that strongly impacts or shapes a particular field of knowledge or area of study. Full definition
A fully illustrated catalogue co-published with Futurepoem will accompany the exhibition, featuring reprints of seminal texts by Fred Moten and Harryette Mullen, newly commissioned poetry by Morgan Parker and Simone White, and an essay from the curator. (icaphila.org)
Join us for readings from the forthcoming Speech / Acts catalogue, fully illustrated and co-published with Futurepoem to accompany the ongoing exhibition, featuring reprints of seminal texts by Fred Moten and Harryette Mullen, newly commissioned poetry by Morgan Parker and Simone White, and an essay from the curator. (icaphila.org)
That in turn was a somewhat distorted summary of material found in Raymond Bradley's seminal text book, Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary. (deepclimate.org)