{"product_id":"9781139861878","title":"The Roman Paratext: Frame, Texts, Readers","description":"What is a paratext, and where can we find it in a Roman text? What kind of space does a paratext occupy, and how does this space relate to the text and its contexts? How do we interpret Roman texts 'paratextually'? And what does this approach suggest about a work's original modes of plotting meaning, or the assumptions that underpin our own interpretation? These questions are central to the conceptual and practical concerns of the volume, which offers a synoptic study of Roman paratextuality and its exegesis within the broad sphere of Roman studies. Its contributions, which span literary, epigraphic and visual culture, focus on a wide variety of paratextual features - e.g. titles and inter-titles, prefaces, indices, inscriptions, closing statements, decorative and formalistic details - and other paratextual phenomena, such as the frames that can be plotted at various intersections of a text's formal organization.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107986489584,"sku":"9781139861878","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781139861878_p0.jpg?v=1763700753","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781139861878","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}