Alla periferia del testo: il paratesto / An der Peripherie des Textes: der Paratext

This book aims to demonstrate the complex and multifaceted nature of the use of paratext in German literature and language. The various critical essays in this fourth issue of the «Studi Germanici. Quaderni dell’AIG» investigate this question. The special focus of the literary articles brought together in the present volume is on the preface, alongside other paratextual elements such as the cover and its various appendices. The linguistic essays cover areas that range from lexicography, journalism and legal texts to oral, multimedia and other types of paratexts, extending the gamut of perspectives on this subject to include a number of relevant non-literary features.