Paratexts - Thresholds of Interpretation (Paperback)

Paratexts are those liminal devices and conventions, both within and outside the book, that mediate between book, author and reader: titles, forewords and publishers' jacket copy form part of a book's private and public history. In this first English translation of Paratexts, Gérard Genette offers a global view of these liminal mediations and their relation to the reading public. With precision, clarity and through wide reference, he shows how paratexts interact with general questions of literature as a cultural institution. Richard Macksey's foreword situates Genette in contemporary literary theory.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Literature, Culture, Theory
Release date:	May 2001
First published:	1997
Authors:	Gerard Genette
Foreword by:	Richard Macksey
Translators:	Jane E. Lewin
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	427
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-42406-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
LSN:	0-521-42406-2
Barcode:	9780521424066

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