A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Material Approaches to Exploring the Borders of Paratext
Authors: Ruokkeinen Sirkku, Liira Aino
Publisher: The society for textual scolarship
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Textual Cultures: Texts, Contexts, Interpretation
Volume: 11
Issue: 1-2
First page : 106
Last page: 129
eISSN: 1933-7418
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/textual.v11i1-2.23302
Web address : https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/textual/article/view/27354
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/40523397
This paper studies the interplay of text and paratext using late medieval and early modern printed and manuscript sources. We argue that the paratext framework should include a distinction between the abstract and material notions of text, as it is the features of the material text which help identify intersections between text and paratext. Three elements, namely enlarged initials, notes, and type- and script-switches, are analysed to show how paratextual elements are often layered, and may have both textual and paratextual functions at the same time. What results is a complex network of elements in different textual and paratextual relationships.
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