paratextual element
C38175
concept
A paratextual element is any supplementary material surrounding a primary text—such as titles, prefaces, footnotes, or cover designs—that frames, mediates, or influences how the main text is interpreted.
Observed surface forms (4)
- appendix text ×2
- paratext ×2
- auxiliary text ×1
- textual element in a painting ×1
Instances (7)
- The Questions
- Gaṇapāṭha via concept surface "auxiliary text"
- Ceci n’est pas une pipe via concept surface "textual element in a painting"
- The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor via concept surface "appendix text"
- Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan via concept surface "appendix text"
- Letter of Dedication to the Sorbonne via concept surface "paratext"
- The Pension Grillparzer (introduction) via concept surface "paratext"