The Title and the Epigraph
The above quotation is from Literary Theorist Gerard Gennette. A simpler definition of what we mean by Paratext is as follows: Paratext: the elements that precede, punctuate or follow the main body of a text. It is further defined by Richard Macksey as follows: "...those liminal devices and conventions, both within the book (peritext) and outside it (epitext) that mediate the book to the reader: titles and subtitles,...