List of ContributorsIntroductionStumbling at the Entrance: Late Antique Paratexts between Discursive Enrichment and Interpretive Challenge (Markus Kersten, University of Basel, Switzerland)Part 1: The Beginning of a Tradition: Ausonius and Late Antique ParatextsChapter 1. Ausonius on his Work (Étienne Wolff, Paris Nanterre University, France)Chapter 2. Everyone's a Critic: Ausonius on His Coterie and Its Etiquette (Brian Sowers, Brooklyn College, USA)Part 2: Reading MetapoeticsChapter 3. Legere and/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)Part 3: Reading RepetitionChapter 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)Part 4: Reading CollectionsChapter 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)Part 5: The Tradition of Beginning: Venantius Fortunatus and Late Antique ParatextsChapter 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)Part 6: Outlooks and AfterwordsChapter 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)NotesBibliographyIndex