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A '''commentary''' is a line-by-line or even [[word]]-by-word explication usually attached to an edition of a [[text]] in the same or an accompanying volume. It may draw on [[methodologies]] of close [[reading]] and [[literary criticism]], but its primary [[purpose]] is to elucidate the [[language]] of the text and the specific [[culture]] that produced it, both of which may be foreign to the reader. Such a commentary usually takes the form of footnotes, endnotes, or separate text cross-referenced by line, paragraph or page.

A '''commentary''' is a line-by-line or even [[word]]-by-word explication usually attached to an edition of a [[text]] in the same or an accompanying volume. It may draw on [[methodologies]] of close [[reading]] and [[Criticism|literary criticism]], but its primary [[purpose]] is to elucidate the [[language]] of the text and the specific [[culture]] that produced it, both of which may be foreign to the reader. Such a commentary usually takes the form of footnotes, endnotes, or separate text cross-referenced by line, paragraph or page.

Means of providing commentary on the language of the text include notes on textual [[criticism]], [[syntax]] and [[semantics]], and the [[analysis]] of [[rhetoric]], literary [[tropes]], and [[style]]. The aim is to remove, lessen or point out [[linguistic]] obstacles to reading and understanding the text.

Means of providing commentary on the language of the text include notes on textual [[criticism]], [[syntax]] and [[semantics]], and the [[analysis]] of [[rhetoric]], literary [[tropes]], and [[style]]. The aim is to remove, lessen or point out [[linguistic]] obstacles to reading and understanding the text.