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- noun literary In literary theory, meanings that are
alluded to,above orbeyond the printed text;interpretations of text.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Gerard Genette coined the term paratext to refer to information that is a supplemental to the actual text, such as the introduction or index in a book.
Antiquarian Weird Tales: Our Pulp Fiction Heritage and the Significance of Moldering Magazines Chris Perridas 2008
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Gerard Genette coined the term paratext to refer to information that is a supplemental to the actual text, such as the introduction or index in a book.
Archive 2008-04-01 Chris Perridas 2008
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Autobiography in Transit, calls the paratext: the liminal features that surround the text, not just the book's jacket and typeface but interviews with the author, reviews and commentaries.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Autobiography in Transit, calls the paratext: the liminal features that surround the text, not just the book's jacket and typeface but interviews with the author, reviews and commentaries.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Autobiography in Transit, calls the paratext: the liminal features that surround the text, not just the book's jacket and typeface but interviews with the author, reviews and commentaries.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Autobiography in Transit, calls the paratext: the liminal features that surround the text, not just the book's jacket and typeface but interviews with the author, reviews and commentaries.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Autobiography in Transit, calls the paratext: the liminal features that surround the text, not just the book's jacket and typeface but interviews with the author, reviews and commentaries.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Autobiography in Transit, calls the paratext: the liminal features that surround the text, not just the book's jacket and typeface but interviews with the author, reviews and commentaries.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Autobiography in Transit, calls the paratext: the liminal features that surround the text, not just the book's jacket and typeface but interviews with the author, reviews and commentaries.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Autobiography in Transit, calls the paratext: the liminal features that surround the text, not just the book's jacket and typeface but interviews with the author, reviews and commentaries.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Paratexts—extensively explored in Gérard Genette’s Paratexts: Thresholds of Interpretation (1987, 1997)—include titles, dust jackets, intertitles (such as section or chapter titles), prefaces, tables of contents, indices, certain types of notes, epigraphs, publisher reviews, auto-reviews, interviews and conversations with authors and creators, or relevant text from letters and private correspondence.
Comic Book Paratexts, Comic Book Paratexts John A. Walsh; biblicon.org 2025
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In literary studies, the paratext refers to textual and documentary components surrounding or otherwise associated with a text.
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