Eloquent Reticence: Withholding Information in Fictional Narrative (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813155166)

The importance of the ethics of form in literature has only recently gained broad recognition and has thus far been explored mainly from the position of moral philosophy and critical theory. Leona Toker develops a narratological approach to the subject, based on studying "reticence" in works of fiction. Reticence consists in narrative techniques through which writers create information gaps that build interest, enhance tension, and control the reader's comprehension of theme, character,

Author: Leona Toker
ISBN-10: 0813155169
ISBN-13: 9780813155166
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d