Voices and silence in the contemporary novel in English /:

This volume examines the various processes at work in expressing silence and excessive speech in contemporary novels in English, covering the whole spectrum from effusiveness to muteness. Even if in the postmodern episteme language is deemed inadequate for speaking the unspeakable, contemporary auth...

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Körperschaft: Université de Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne. Centre de recherches ERCLA
Weitere Verfasser: Guignery, Vanessa
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
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Zusammenfassung:This volume examines the various processes at work in expressing silence and excessive speech in contemporary novels in English, covering the whole spectrum from effusiveness to muteness. Even if in the postmodern episteme language is deemed inadequate for speaking the unspeakable, contemporary authors still rely on voice as a mode of representation and a performative tool, and exploit silence not only as a sign of absence, block or withdrawal, but also as a token of presence and resistance. ...
Beschreibung:Title from e-book title screen (viewed Feb. 2, 2010).
Beschreibung:1 online resource (299 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443816014
1443816019
1282414844
9781282414846
9786612414848
6612414847

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