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1media/engraving-cropped.jpg2018-11-23T19:00:25-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72003Angel Luke-O'Donnellimage_header2018-11-23T20:09:33-08:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aThis article offers a representative rather than comprehensive account of paratexts. There are forms of backmatter, types of paratexts, and textual examples that have been largely left unaddressed. I have sought to provide suggestive examples about how the material on Digital Paxton could be used to gain further insights into the social world surrounding these texts.
By concentrating on paratexts, my intention is to show that texts were presented to the audience in a variety of different ways, sometimes by the author and other times by printers. The various modes of presentations provide insights into how the Paxton Boys debate unfolded. And most significantly, paratexts affected the way readers understood the printed arguments for and against the rioters, and so help us to understand a little more about the appeal of Paxton Boys texts.
Further Reading
Angel-Luke O'Donnell, "The Politics of the Print Medium: The Professional Code and the 1764 Paxton Boys Debate," Book History (forthcoming 2019).
12016-08-19T13:01:44-07:00A Little Looking-Glass for the Times - Front Matter1A little looking-glass for the times; or, A brief remembrancer for Pennsylvania. : Containing some serious hints, affectionately addressed to people of every rank and station in the province: with an appendix, by way of supplication to Almighty God./ By G.C.2016-08-19T13:01:44-07:00