Epigraph (literature)

In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document, monograph or section or chapter thereof. The epigraph may serve as a preface to the work; as a summary; as a counter-example; or as a link from the work to a wider literary canon, with the purpose of either inviting comparison or enlisting a conventional context.

Not to be confused with epitaph, epigram, epithet, or epigraph (mathematics).

A book may have an overall epigraph that is part of the front matter, or one for each chapter.

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