Iuliu A. Zanne, The Proverbs of the Romanians from Romania, Bessarabia, Bukovina, Hungary, Istria and Macedonia by Emanuela Ilie

“…Zanne, The Proverbs of the Romanians from Romania, Bessarabia, Bukovina, Hungary, Istria and Macedonia: Proverbs, Sayings, Stories, True Words, Similarities, Idiocies and Similarities, edited by Roxana Vieru, prefaced by Ioan Milică, 3 vols., 2874 pp., ISBN 9789731165950…”
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THE INHERITANCE AND OTHER STORIES / by Lindholm, Megan, author, Hobb, Robin, author

“…Collects previously published and new short works written under both of the writer's pseudonyms, with brief notes by the author prefacing every piece that offers insight into the story's origin. …”

REACHING ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNERS WITHIN THE SILVER TSUNAMI by Linda F. Ettinger

“…General contextual information concerning population statistics, computer use and access trends, prefaces a listing of learning in retirement programs associated with institutions of higher education in the United States. …”
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Cante lá que eu canto cá: poéticas populares dentro e fora da moldura by Bruna Paiva de Lucena

“…We analyze also the publishing of this kind of poetry as books, as well as the prefaces written by renowned intellectuals as a means of legitimizing this literary production, considering the study of the relations between popular poetics and the intellectual perspective.…”
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Ivan Bunin: Three autobiographical notes by Patricia Deotto

“…Bunin to order in 1921, 1934 and 1952 and prefaced his collections of stories and collected works published abroad. …”
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Kazania Fabiana Birkowskiego na pogrzebach kawalerów maltańskich by Paweł Wita

“…There is a description of prefaces to the orations as well as two prints from the 17th century, which contain the texts of the sermons. …”
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Generația interbelică – ideologie și cultură by Tiberius Vasiniuc

“…Ideology and Culture of the Interwar Generation The interwar period was marked by a multitude of prefaces in which the ethical and ideological options created an amalgam from which truth can be decanted with difficulty. …”
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REMARQUES SUR LE RÔLE STRATÉGIQUE DU PARATEXTE DANS LES DICTIONNAIRES DU CINÉMA by Loredana Trovato

“…: This paper aims to examine the strategic role of paratextual elements (in particular, covers, illustrations and prefaces) in dictionaries of film and cinema. From the difference between lexicography and dictionary work, we created the compound word “cine-dictionnairique” in order to propose a kind of scientific analysis of a large and composite area, such as the dictionaries of cinema’s field. …”
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Origami z paru wzmianek. Przyczynek do analizy autobiografizmu Stefana Żółkiewskiego by PIOTR SIDOROWICZ

“…Due to the lack of classic autobiography, Sidorowicz decides to analyze archival materials, prefaces and interviews that meet the condition of Lejeune’s autobiographical pact. …”
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Compilation of the Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism by Rudolph M. Britz, Marius D. Meijer

“…The selected editions’ title pages and prefaces reveal a clear narrative of how the source came into being. …”
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LINGUISTIC IMAGINARY AND LINGUISTIC IDENTITY IN ROMANIAN LEXICOGRAPHY DURING THE 19th AND 20th CENTURIES. II. FROM ETYMOLOGICUM MAGNUM ROMANIAE TO DLR by MARIA ȘTEFĂNESCU, MIRCEA MINICĂ

“…We have also paid particular attention to the significant shifts in the relationship between language, ideology and national identity as reflected in the prefaces to the lexicographical works we have examined.…”
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Un barroco a lo argentino (mientras Bianco lee a Piñera) by Nancy Calomarde

“…From the concept of "baroque writer ", Bianco presents, explains and prefaces Piñera's stories in a paradoxical Latin-American reading scene, since it brings over to Borges from a category in appearances radically opposite to his aesthetics.…”
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Traduzioni e circolazione delle <i>Histories</i> di William Robertson nella penisola italiana nel secondo Settecento by Alessia Castagnino

“…I will examine some paradigmatic examples, by paying attention to both textual and paratextual adaptations elaborated by the publishers and translators in order to attract readers’ attention (lexical omissions or additions, manipulations of sentences, insertion of prefaces, cartographic materials, notes, tables of contents).…”
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Jack London au prisme de ses premiers traducteurs et préfaciers français. Entre exotisation et domestication by Véronique Béghain

“…Drawing on peritextual elements in particular, and focusing even more specifically on the translators’ prefaces and introductions, it is an attempt to grasp the “translating position” (Berman, 1995 74; my translation) of their authors, who are at the heart of the cultural transfer process.…”
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The Genealogy of No-Self: Marguerite Yourcenar’s Koan of the Labyrinth by Joyce Janca-Aji

“…20th-century French author, Marguerite Yourcenar, prefaces the first volume of her autobiographical/genealogical trilogy, <i>Dear Departed</i> with a 13th-century Zen koan: What is your original face before your parents were born? …”
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A collection of Libyan fiction in Banipal 40: Magazine of Modern Arab Literature by Estelle Jobson

“…By sheer coincidence, just as the political unrest erupted in Libya in early 2011, a first-ever collection of Libyan fiction was published by Banipal. The publication is prefaced by a statement supported by more than 400 Arab intellectuals, writers and journalists pertaining to the recent events in Bahrain, Libya and Yemen. …”
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Trzy akty zgonu (Franciszek Bohomolec, Tadeusz Lipski, Józef Bielawski) by Patryk Kencki (ed.)

“…The discovery of Bielawski’s death record is particularly important, because the date of his death has not been known so far. The documents are prefaced with a short introduction that discusses the posthumous history of the three comedy writers.…”
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GP-delivered brief weight loss interventions: a cohort study of patient responses and subsequent actions, using conversation analysis in UK primary care by Albury, C, Stokoe, E, Ziebland, S, Webb, H, Aveyard, P

“…Conclusion: When doctors make brief opportunistic interventions that incorporate the offer of help, ‘oh’-prefaced or marked positive responses indicate enthusiastic acceptance of the offer and a higher likelihood of take-up. …”

Le miroir aux alouettes : destin sociologique des images du nu indigène by François Pouillon, Michel Mégnin

“…Postcards of the colonial era showing native women half naked have been used recently in a number of books which, somewhat paradoxically, condemn the fabrication and dissemination of the very images they display. The prefaces to these books, written by authors who are part of an intellectual diaspora, demonstrate the persistence of relations that Maghreb societies maintain with their women. …”
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Contribution to the study of the publishing framework of dramatic works written by Wincenty Ignacy Marewicz by Anna Petlak

“…The publication discusses some of the elements of the publishing framework (including dedications, prefaces, epigraphs, and lists of works already published) which the writer used in his dramatic works and which include important information about him, his work and life. …”
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