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- The Roman Paratext
- Frontispiece
- The Roman Paratext
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: approaches to Roman paratextuality
- 1 Crossing the threshold: Genette, Catullus and the psychodynamics of paratextuality
- 2 Starting with the index in Pliny
- 3 The topography of the law book: common structures and modes of reading
- 4 Cicero's capita
- 5 Tarda solacia: liminal temporalities of Statius’ prose prefaces
- 6 Intertitles as deliberate misinformation in Ammianus Marcellinus
- 7 Paratextual perspectives upon the SC de Pisone patre
- 8 Paratext and intertext in the Propertian poetry book
- 9 Pictorial paratexts: floating figures in Roman wall painting
- 10 The paratext of Amores 1: gaming the system
- 11 “Sealing” the book: the sphragis as paratext
- 12 Paraintertextuality: Spenser's classical paratexts in The Shepheardes Calender
- 13 Modern covers and paratextual strategy in Ovidian elegy
- Bibliography
- Index of ancient literary sources
- General index
2 - Starting with the index in Pliny
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2014
- The Roman Paratext
- Frontispiece
- The Roman Paratext
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: approaches to Roman paratextuality
- 1 Crossing the threshold: Genette, Catullus and the psychodynamics of paratextuality
- 2 Starting with the index in Pliny
- 3 The topography of the law book: common structures and modes of reading
- 4 Cicero's capita
- 5 Tarda solacia: liminal temporalities of Statius’ prose prefaces
- 6 Intertitles as deliberate misinformation in Ammianus Marcellinus
- 7 Paratextual perspectives upon the SC de Pisone patre
- 8 Paratext and intertext in the Propertian poetry book
- 9 Pictorial paratexts: floating figures in Roman wall painting
- 10 The paratext of Amores 1: gaming the system
- 11 “Sealing” the book: the sphragis as paratext
- 12 Paraintertextuality: Spenser's classical paratexts in The Shepheardes Calender
- 13 Modern covers and paratextual strategy in Ovidian elegy
- Bibliography
- Index of ancient literary sources
- General index
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- The Roman ParatextFrame, Texts, Readers, pp. 33 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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