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Paratext

In literary interpretation, paratext is material that surrounds a published main text (e.g., the story, non-fiction description, poems, etc.) supplied by the authors, editors, printers, and publishers. These added elements form a frame for the main text, and can change the reception of a text or its interpretation by the public. In Gérard Genette's…

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Paratext

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples109
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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Paratext

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related to Bibliography · 78
Paratext → Alexander, Available, Basbanes, Bayer, Books, Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Collins, Critical Inquiry, CUP, David, Digital Documents, Documentation, Ellen, English, Erzählprosa, Extratext, February, Genette, Georg
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Paratext → Book, Genette, Gérard Genette, He, It, Literary, More, Nicholas Basbanes, Philippe Lejeune, The, Then, This, Tübingen, University
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Paratext → subtype of transtextuality, sum of the peritext and epitext.Book scholar Nicholas Basbanes extends the concept of paratext to include illustrations

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text also interpretation paratexts published literary elements gérard main story authors genette's cover materials see genette reception public paratexte books

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Paratextis asubtype of transtextuality0.90text
Paratextis asum of the peritext and epitext.Book scholar Nicholas Basbanes extends the concept of paratext to include illustrations0.90text
the author's nameinstance ofthings0.80text
the titleinstance ofthings0.80text
preface or introductioninstance ofthings0.80text
or illustrationsinstance ofthings0.80text
titlesinstance ofconsisting of elements0.80text
chapter titlesinstance ofconsisting of elements0.80text
prefacesinstance ofconsisting of elements0.80text
notesinstance ofconsisting of elements0.80text
interviewsinstance ofwhich consists of elements0.80text
publicity announcementsinstance ofwhich consists of elements0.80text

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