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Show sold separately : promos, spoilers, and other media paratexts

Print Book, English, c2009
New York University Press, New York, c2009
xi, 247 s. : ill.
9780814731949, 9780814731956, 0814731945, 0814731953
1104076947
Introduction: film, television, and off-screen studies. From spoilers to spinoffs: a theory of paratexts. Coming soon! Hype, intros, and textual beginnings. Bonus materials: digital auras and authors. Under a long shadow: sequels, prequels, pre-texts, and intertexts. Spoiled and mashed up: viewer-created paratexts. In the world, just off screen: toys and games. Conclusion: "In the DNA": creating across paratexts