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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Newcastle :
Cambridge Scholars,
2009.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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. ... |
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| Description: | Title from e-book title screen (viewed Feb. 2, 2010). |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (299 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443816014 1443816019 1282414844 9781282414846 9786612414848 6612414847 |