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Publish or Perish Circa 1600
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- Title: Publish or Perish Circa 1600: Cervantes' Paratexts
- Author(s): Julio Baena
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Information, Medium & Society
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Book
- Keywords: Publishing, Death, Public-Private, Modernity, Paratexts, Birth Metaphore, Birth of Books
- Volume: 4
- Issue: 1
- Date: February 04, 2007
- ISSN: 1447-9516 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9567 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9516/CGP/v04i01/36547
- Citation: Baena, Julio. 2007. "Publish or Perish Circa 1600: Cervantes' Paratexts." The International Journal of the Book 4 (1): 21-28. doi:10.18848/1447-9516/CGP/v04i01/36547.
- Extent: 8 pages
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Abstract
In his paratexts (prologues, dedications, etc.) Cervantes speaks more often of death than life, while using the classic metaphor of the book as a 'child' of the author.
