What does "metatextual" mean?

Constituting self-referential text (text about the text); for example, as mentioned earlier herein.

Metatextual

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Constituting self-referential text (text about the text); for example, as mentioned earlier herein.
2
Of or pertaining to metatextuality.
"Still, the meta-textual cleverness of the whole affair takes a little while to settle into, partly because the early storylines feel so routine."

"Still, the meta-textual cleverness of the whole affair takes a little while to settle into, partly because the early storylines feel so routine."

From meta- + textual.