Anne Toner, Ellipsis in English Literature. Signs of Omission

Abstract

Anne Toner's monography started as a doctoral dissertation and looks into the evolutions of typography when it comes to signifying omissions or silences. As she aptly phrases it herself, the book revolves around a paradox as it “is a book about ….” (1), i.e about making the unsaid lapses in enunciation visible. Anne Toner endeavours to account for stylistic innovations when it comes to representing silence in fiction by studying transformations in publishing practices in a long-term perspecti...