Eloquent Reticence: Withholding Information in Fictional Narrative

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
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780813155166

About the Author

Leona Toker is professor of English at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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