Paratexts Thresholds of Interpretation |
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| Author:
| Genette, Gerard |
| Translator:
| Lewin, Jane E. |
| Foreword by:
| Macksey, Richard |
| Contribution by:
| Macksey, Richard
Cascardi, Anthony J. |
| Series title: | Literature, Culture, Theory Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-41350-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $224.95 |
Book Description:
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Paratexts are those liminal devices that mediate between book, author and reader: titles, forewords, dedications, epigraphs, notes, intertitles, interviews and conversations with the author, and publishers' jacket copy all form part of a book's private and public history. In this first English translation of Paratexts, Gerard Genette explores how these paratextual elements which surround and support a text influence its reception.
Paratexts are those liminal devices that mediate between book, author and reader: titles, forewords, dedications, epigraphs, notes, intertitles, interviews and conversations with the author, and publishers' jacket copy all form part of a book's private and public history. In this first English translation of Paratexts, Gerard Genette explores how these paratextual elements which surround and support a text influence its reception.