Strategies of Reticence: Silence and Meaning in the Works of Jane Austen, Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, and Joan Didion
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1990 |
| About/Subject | Jane Austen, Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, Joan Didion |
| Publisher | University Press of Virginia |
| Copyright Holder | Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Charlottesville, Virginia; London, England |
| Copyright | 1990 |
| Pages / Font | 228 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0-8139-1262-8 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813912628 |
| Library of Congress Call Number | PS376.S54S76 1990 |
| Library of Congress Call Number | 89-29777 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 813.009'9287—dc20 |
| Chapters | Preface - vii
One - Introduction: Silence, the Critics, and the Good Little Girl - 1
Two - What they Don't Say: Conversational and Narrative Withholdings in Austen's Novels - 24
Three - The Duplicitous Art of Willa Cathar - 66
Four - Katherine Anne Porter and the Reticent Style - 112
Five - Joan Didion and the Presence of Absence - 147
Afterword - 188
Notes - 195
Bibliography - 217 Preface - vii
One - Introduction: Silence, the Critics, and the Good Little Girl - 1
Two - What they Don't Say: Conversational and Narrative Withholdings in Austen's Novels - 24
Three - The Duplicitous Art of Willa Cathar - 66
Four - Katherine Anne Porter and the Reticent Style - 112
Five - Joan Didion and the Presence of Absence - 147
Afterword - 188
Notes - 195
Bibliography - 217 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | "Printed in the United States of America" |