The field of materiality and literature can be differenciated in two directions. Materiality of literature refers to book design, printing formats and typography. Materialty in literature, however, analyzes the way, ‘things that speak’ are integrated in fictional and non-fictional texts. The introduction reflects the international critical discussion of the field in the last years and situates the contributions of this number in it.

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物质与文学：导论

物质领域和文学领域可以分为两个方向。文学的重要性是指书籍设计、印刷格式和排版。然而，文学中的物质性分析了“说话的东西”在虚构和非虚构文本中的整合方式。引言反映了过去几年对该领域的国际批判性讨论，并将这一数字的贡献置于其中。