Eloquent Reticence: Withholding Information in Fictional Narrative - Paperback

by Leona Toker (Author)

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,

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This book suggests an ethically oriented method of narratological analysis and applies it to seven classical novels--five English and two American.

Author Biography

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