Perigraphic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Surrounding the graphics; sometimes applied to the material (preface, etc.) between the covers and the main content of a comic. not-comparable
"What is attested by the perigraphic areas is not plot detail, but a particular visual tone. This results in a serious danger of redundancy: the front cover displays a synthetic image of the volume that is repeated, with a few variations, by the other available spaces. Instead of being put together in imaginative ways, the perigraphic areas are mostly used merely to illustrate the book […]"
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More examples"What is attested by the perigraphic areas is not plot detail, but a particular visual tone. This results in a serious danger of redundancy: the front cover displays a synthetic image of the volume that is repeated, with a few variations, by the other available spaces. Instead of being put together in imaginative ways, the perigraphic areas are mostly used merely to illustrate the book […]"
Etymology
From peri- + graphic.
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