peritextn.
/ˈpɛrᵻtɛkst/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌtɛkst/ Literary Theory.
Textual and design elements that are incorporated within the physical format of a published work as supplements to the main body, e.g. front cover, introduction, footnotes, etc., regarded as mediating the reader's responses to the work. Also: a piece or example of such material. Cf. epitext n. 2.Chiefly with reference to books, but also used in relation to films, computer games, and other media.In later use informed by the concepts of French literary theorist Gérard Genette (b. 1930).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction
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peritext1977
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > comment or note > collectively
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peritext1977
1977 Rocky Mountain Rev. Lang. & Lit. 31 126 Corbière's Ludic Peri-Texts.
1997 J. E. Lewin tr. G. Genette Paratexts ii. 16 We are dealing here with the outermost peritext (the cover, the title page, and their appendages) and with the book's material construction (selection of format, of paper, of typeface, and so forth).
2017 D. White Nabokov & his Bks. v. 176 The forewords to his translated novels are granted the status of official peritext.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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