Palimpsests
Subtitle: literature in the second degree
By: Gérard Genette ; translated by Channa Newman & Claude Doubinsky ; foreword by Gerald Prince.
Series: Stages ;; v. 8; Stages (Series) ;; v. 8.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
Subjects: Imitation in literature; Parody; Sequels (Literature); Literature -- Adaptations
Description: By definition, a palimpsest is "a written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon several times, often with remnants of erased writing still visible." Palimpsests (originally published in France in 1982), one of Gerard Genette's most important works, examines the manifold relationships a text may have with prior texts. Genette describes the multiple ways a later text asks readers to read or remember an earlier one.

In this regard, he treats the history and nature of parody, antinovels, pastiches, caricatures, commentary, allusion, imitations, and other textual relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-471) and index.