List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations A Paratext Introduction. Stumbling at the Entrance: Late Antique Paratexts between Discursive Enrichment and Interpretive Challenge (Markus Kersten, University of Basel, Switzerland) The Framework of a Tradition: Paratexts from Ausonius to Sidonius Chapter 1. Everyone's a Critic: Ausonius on His Coterie and Its Etiquette (Brian Sowers, Brooklyn College, USA) Chapter 2. Ausonius' Commentary on His Own Work (Étienne Wolff, Paris Nanterre University, France) Chapter 3. Legere or tegere ? Reflections on a 'Key Question' for the Late Antique Author and his Readers (Luciana Furbetta, University of Trieste, Italy) Chapter 4. Poetics of Conclusion in Sidonius' Letters (Books 7-9, Epist. 9. 12-16) (Annick Stoehr-Monjou, Clermont-Ferrand University, France) Core Issues: Repetition, Revision and Collection Chapter 5.

Revising Rewriting: Eudocia, the Cento, and Distributed Authorship (Scott McGill, Rice University, USA) Chapter 6. Quoting Quotations: Multi-layer Intertextuality in Late Antique Poetry (Claudia Schindler, University of Hamburg, Germany) Chapter 7. The Disparaging Assessments, Topical Modesty, and 'Awkward' Intertextuality of the Fables of Avianus (Christopher Poms, Graz University, Austria) Chapter 8. Claudian's carmina minora: A Collection of Short Pieces by a Stumbling Poet? (Adrien Bresson, University of Lyon, France) The Tradition of Framework: Paratexts in Venantius Fortunatus and Beyond Chapter 9. Venantius Fortunatus's vecors otium in His Letter to Bishop Syagrius (Enno Friedrich, Graz University, Austria) Chapter 10. De modicis minimus: Venantius Fortunatus and the Value of His Life of Saint Martin (Elena Castelnuovo, University of Milan, Italy) Chapter 11. The Politics of Rusticitas in Late Antique Hagiography (Raphael Schwitter, University of Zürich, Switzerland) Chapter 12. The Legacy of Late Antique Paratexts in Early Modern Literature (Christian Guerra, University of Basel, Switzerland) Notes Bibliography Index.