Paratexts - Thresholds of Interpretation

Klappentext In 'Paratexts! ' an English translation of 'Seuils! ' Gerard Genette shows how the special pragmatic status of paratextual declarations requires a carefully calibrated analysis of their illocutionary force. Zusammenfassung Genette shows how paratexts - titles! forewords! publishers' blurbs - shape both individual readings and literature as cultural institution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Translator's note; 1. Introduction; 2. The publisher's peritext; 3. The name of the author; 4. Titles; 5. The please-insert; 6. Dedications and inscriptions; 7. Epigraphs; 8. The prefatorial situation of communication; 9. The functions of the original preface; 10. Other prefaces, other functions; 11. Intertitles; 12. Notes; 13. The public epitext; 14. The private epitext; 15. Conclusion; Additional references; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gerard Genette
• Assisted by: Jane E. Lewin (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.03.1997
• EAN: 9780521424066
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42406-6
• No. of pages: 456
• Series: Literature, Culture, Theory
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies