Afterword

"Afterwords" redirects here. For other uses, see Afterword (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Afterward or After Words.

An afterword is a literary device that is often found at the end of a piece of literature.^[1] It generally covers the story of how the book came into being, or of how the idea for the book was developed.

An afterword may be written by someone other than the author of the book to provide enriching comment, such as discussing the work's historical or cultural context (especially if the work is being reissued many years after its original publication).^[2]

References

↑ "afterword". Dictionary.com, LLC. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
↑ Pope, Geoff (18 November 2010). ""Foreword" Versus "Forward"". Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips. MacMillan Holdings, LLC. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

Book design

General page layout and typography choices	Fonts

Front and back covers	Buckram Leather Anthropodermic bibliopegy Treasure binding

Endpapers	Marbled

Front matter	Half title or bastard title Frontispiece Title page Edition notice Dedication Epigraph Table of contents List of figures List of tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue Printer's mark

Body matter, which may include:	Chapters Parts Tipped-in pages

Back matter	Afterword Conclusion Epilogue Outro Postscript Appendix/Addendum Glossary Bibliography Index Errata Colophon Postface

Other elements	Catchword Die cutting Fore-edge painting Pop-ups Thumb index

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Afterword

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