This thesis analyses the discourses that come before the main text in works produced during the early years of the print market in England, to argue that rather than being an advertising feature or a method of controlling reader interpretation, the space was a site of mediation,…
This thesis is a historical descriptive case study of a corpus of editions and reprints of Frances Burney's novel, Evelina, first published in 1778. The study seeks to describe the publication history of the novel and the evolution of its paratextual apparatus.
“Jane Porter in the Margins: Paratext in the Romantic National Novel” argues that Romantic novelist Jane Porter uses paratext in her national novels to accomplish bold political and personal goals. I examine her most famous novel The Scottish Chiefs (1810) as a case study of Rom…
"The Book tracks the ways the book's physical form and artistic content have historically inspired one another's evolution. Borsuk shows that in order to see where books might be going, we must think of them as objects whose physical shape has experienced a long history of exper…
Book parts
Book parts
"What would an anatomy of the book look like? There is the main text, of course, the file that the author proudly submits to their publisher. But around this, hemming it in on the page or enclosing it at the front and back of the book, there are dozens of other texts - page numb…
The Maghreb Goes Abroad seeks to broaden and nuance our understanding of francophone North Africa by examining the ways in which some of its most well known literary and cultural works and figures have navigated a global market. This project analyzes the transnational movements …
Is Arabic science fiction similar to the kind of science fiction with which a reader of English-language science fiction, a watcher of English-language science fiction films, or viewer of English-language science fiction television programs is familiar, or is Arabic science fict…
In this volume, Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readerships, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices.