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Narrative Secrecy

Narrative Secrecy is a narrative device in the field of narrative ethics that conceals specific information within a story to ethically implicate the reader in moral deliberation by restricting access to knowledge that affects interpretation of characters' intentions and actions.

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25

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2017–2026

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Publications

20

The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative

Peter L. Rudnytsky, Frank Kermode · World Literature Today · 1980 · 527 citations

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Narrative Inheritance: A Nuclear Family With Toxic Secrets

Hannah Goodall · Qualitative Inquiry · 2005 · 136 citations

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Real mysteries: narrative and the unknowable

H. Porter Abbott · Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 81 citations · Full text

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Secrets and sympathy: forms of disclosure in Hawthorne's novels

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 74 citations

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Romance to Novel: A Secret History

Gretchen J. Woertendyke · Narrative · 2009 · 60 citations

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Authors

25

  1. FK
    Frank Kermode

    Western Carolina University, United States

    4 publications · 638 citations

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  2. GH
    Gordon Hutner

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. RK
    Rita K. Gollin

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. RF
    Ruth F. Smith

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. CN
    Christopher N. Poulos

    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States

    1 publications · 40 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  2. Northumbria University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  4. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  5. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    136 citations

  7. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 155 citations

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  2. World Literature Today

    WLT · 2 publications · 576 citations

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  3. Qualitative Inquiry

    QI · 2 publications · 176 citations

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  4. Philosophy and literature

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. Electronic News

    1 publications · 10 citations

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