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UNINA9910464603303321 |
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Titolo |
Voices and silence in the contemporary novel in English [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Vanessa Guignery |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-41484-4 |
9786612414848 |
1-4438-1601-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Voice in literature |
Silence in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A selection of papers presented at an international conference organized by the ERCLA research centre ... in December 2007 at the Sorbonne"--Acknowledgements. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. I. Will self or the language of resistance -- pt. II. Graham Swift "in between the lines" -- pt. III. Reticence and logorrhoea in contemporary British and American literature -- pt. IV. New literatures : the poetics of silent voices. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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