Not A Mashup - Collage

COLLAGE
noun
Etymology: from French for the verb to glue
1. a) an artistic composition made of various materials (paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface b) a creative work that resembles such a composition in incorporating various materials or elements
2. the art of making collages
3. hodgepodge, the collage of ideas
4. a work, as a film, having disparate scenes in rapid succession without transition
--Merriam-Webster's Dictionary

It could be argued that The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana is a literary collage but because of the word's emphasis on visual art, it is not a wholly appropriate term for the text. The materials used in the novel are not disparate from each other an often pages in succession will feature the same type of item, like a book cover or record album. However, some of the illustrations included in the text, as part of its mashup nature, are collages. The images on pages 366 and 324 were created by Umberto Eco and are more like the composition style of collage. However, in the Sources of Citations and Illustrations provided at the end of The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, these pages are referred to as montages.