The evolution and manipulation of language from the celebrated author of After Babel. “A keenly discriminating literary mind at work on what it loves” (The

What is the state of that which is not spoken? This book presents empirical research related to the phenomenon of reticence in the second language classroom, co

This volume offers a rich sampling of George Steiner's writing, including essays from his seminal books After Babel, The Death of Tragedy, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky

Focusing on individual authors from Heinrich Boll to Gunther Grass, Hermann Lenz to Peter Schneider, The Language of Silence offers an analysis of West German l

The story of one ... little boy trapped in silence.