LEADER 02816nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910464603303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-41484-4 010 $a9786612414848 010 $a1-4438-1601-9 035 $a(CKB)3390000000009031 035 $a(EBL)1114348 035 $a(OCoLC)827209212 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000444046 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12111953 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444046 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10462476 035 $a(PQKB)11463250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1114348 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1114348 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10655330 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL241484 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000009031 100 $a20091215d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aVoices and silence in the contemporary novel in English$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Vanessa Guignery 210 $aNewcastle upon Tyne $cCambridge Scholars Pub.$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $a"A selection of papers presented at an international conference organized by the ERCLA research centre ... in December 2007 at the Sorbonne"--Acknowledgements. 311 $a1-4438-1247-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 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. 330 $aThis 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. ... 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism$vCongresses 606 $aVoice in literature$vCongresses 606 $aSilence in literature$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aVoice in literature 615 0$aSilence in literature 676 $a823.91409353 701 $aGuignery$b Vanessa$0954424 712 02$aUniversite? de Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne.$bCentre de recherches ERCLA. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464603303321 996 $aVoices and silence in the contemporary novel in English$92158693 997 $aUNINA