The Silent Appalachian
Wordless Mountaineers in Fiction, Film and Television
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Vicki Sigmon Collins | ISBN: | 9781476627540 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | January 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Vicki Sigmon Collins |
| ISBN: | 9781476627540 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | January 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Appalachian literature is filled with silent or non-discursive characters. The reasons for their wordlessness vary. Some are mute or pretend to be, some choose not to speak or are silenced by grief, trauma or fear. Others mutter monosyllables, stutter, grunt and point, speak in tongues or idiosyncratic language. They capture the reader’s attention by what they don’t say.
Appalachian literature is filled with silent or non-discursive characters. The reasons for their wordlessness vary. Some are mute or pretend to be, some choose not to speak or are silenced by grief, trauma or fear. Others mutter monosyllables, stutter, grunt and point, speak in tongues or idiosyncratic language. They capture the reader’s attention by what they don’t say.
