Peritext
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Images and textual elements which surround, or are secondary to, the main body of a published work, such as an introduction, notes, front covers, etc.
"The main work is not the translation at all, but Nabokov's appropriation of it through his inflated peritext."
Example
More examples"The main work is not the translation at all, but Nabokov's appropriation of it through his inflated peritext."
Etymology
By surface analysis, peri- + text.
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