paratext
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
paratext (countable and uncountable, plural paratexts)
- (literary) In literary theory, meanings that are alluded to, above or beyond the printed text; interpretations of text.
- All of the notes and explanations that make a text more understandable.
References[edit]
- Gérard Genette, Paratext: Thresholds of interpretation