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"Proved Dead . . . Proved Dead . . .”: Ellipsis, elision and expurgation in interwar First World War prose
  This chapter addresses the use of various forms of typographical ellipsis. In it I argue that ellipses represent failures of communication which are characteristic of early-twentieth-century writing, pointing to limit experiences which could be described directly but for social taboos which prevent this. These ellipses tend to denote the permeability of bodies, whether by sexual interaction or the violence of the First World War.

  • Date:

    30 April 2024

  • Publication Status:

    In Press

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

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Frayn, A. (in press). "Proved Dead . . . Proved Dead . . .”: Ellipsis, elision and expurgation in interwar First World War prose. In A History of Punctuation in English Literature. Cambridge University Press

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