The Roman Paratext: Frame, Texts, Readers
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| Anteprima |
What
is a paratext, and where can we find it in a Roman text? What kind of
space does a paratext occupy, and how does this space relate to the text
and its contexts? How do we interpret Roman texts 'paratextually'? And
what does this approach suggest about a work's original modes of
plotting meaning, or the assumptions that underpin our own
interpretation? These questions are central to the conceptual and
practical concerns of the volume, which offers a synoptic study of Roman
paratextuality and its exegesis within the broad sphere of Roman
studies. Its contributions, which span literary, epigraphic and visual
culture, focus on a wide variety of paratextual features - e.g. titles
and inter-titles, prefaces, indices, inscriptions, closing statements,
decorative and formalistic details - and other paratextual phenomena,
such as the frames that can be plotted at various intersections of a
text's formal organization.
