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Liberties that Editors and Translators Take: Unframing and Reframing the Border of _Sir Gawain and the Green Knight_ [PDF]
, 2017 In this work, I discuss the management of the initial iconic peritext of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in a paper edition, a translation, and a digital facsimile.
Wajih Ayed
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 10, Page 1411-1427, October 2025.Abstract Classification schemes are a key way of organizing bibliographic knowledge, yet the way that classification schemes communicate their information to classifiers receives little attention. This article takes a novel approach by exploring the visual aspects contained within classification schemes.
Deborah Lee
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Conrad Gessner’s Paratexts [PDF]
Gesnerus, 2016 Throughout his prolific publishing career Conrad Gessner composed abundant paratexts which offer valuable insight into his methods of working. Gessner wrote many dedications, only a minority of which were addressed to major patrons of his day. Instead he used them to thank dozens of physicians and scholars for sending him information, images, and ...
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‘End of the Goddamned thing!!’
Sillages Critiques, 2018 The mystery fiction writer Erle Stanley Gardner and his publisher Thayer Hobson of Morrow devised an unusual procedure for connecting the first ten Perry Mason novels with ‘leads’ to provoke the reader’s curiosity, and so promote the sale of the ...
Richard Williams
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Between Intertextuality and Paratextuality: Gérard Genette teacher of method
JLIS.it, 2023 Tracing the birth and development of the concept of paratext in Gérard Genette (1930-2018), the contribution underlines the effectiveness of Genetti's investigation which has become, over the years, a multidisciplinary methodological approach.
Valentina Sestini
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Why Engineers Should Read More Novels
Chemie Ingenieur Technik, Volume 97, Issue 8-9, Page 852-859, September 2025.What do engineers do? And what should they work on? A surprising answer is outlined in this essay, which argues that reading novels holds the key for addressing both questions. Novels train the imagination as well as our ethical abilities – skills that are essential for developing future‐proof technologies.
Michael Kuhn
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Re-reading the Map of Middle-earth: Fan Cartography\u27s Engagement with Tolkien\u27s Legendarium [PDF]
, 2018 J.R.R. Tolkien provided an elaborate textual history for his writings about Middle-earth, but did not do so for his now-iconic maps. This paper examines how this difference, in concert with the general tendency of readers to treat maps as objective ...
Danielson, Stentor
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Review of Thomas L. Berger and Sonia Massai (eds), with Tania Demetriou, Paratexts in English Printed Drama to 1642, 2 vols. Cambridge University Press, 2014. [PDF]
, 2016 This review considers Thomas L. Berger and Sonia Massai (eds), with Tania Demetriou. Paratexts in English Printed Drama to 1642. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp xx, 614 (vol. 1); x, 430 (vol. 2)
Smith, Helen
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ComicalitésAt the end of the 20th century, Japanese comics or manga became a worldwide phenomenon. In the United States and Europe publishers found in this cultural import a way of revitalizing aging comics markets and broaden the readership (Brienza 2016; Malone ...
Diego Labra
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 3, September 2025.Short Abstract This paper addresses the geography of translation by exploring the re‐scripting of Indian spirituality into and through consumerism. More specifically, it examines the interplay between ‘Indian’, ‘modern’, and ‘Western’ in the advertising language deployed by the company Patanjali.
Raksha Pande, Alastair Bonnett
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