0 a short description of a book, film, etc., written by the people who have produced it, and intended to make people want to buy it or see it -- 簡介；推薦語
This is, as the back cover blurb proclaims, an 'eclectic collection'.
The title, introduction and back cover ' ' blurb ' ' all speak to eco-criticism and urban studies in general.
Although compliments such as these can arouse suspicion among high-brow readers, they are not meant as blurbs for the back cover.
There is a word absent from the title, and not mentioned in the blurb on the cover.
The blurb compares the footnote to the toilet - something ignored until needed to deal with ugly tasks.
Can this be an example of the 'unsurpassed knowledge of the major figures in contemporary architecture' the publishers' blurb refers to?
No book of this brevity can live up to all the claims of its blurb.
Their synergy with other paratextual elements (blurb, preface and dedication) should be explored.
