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Tragic Silence

Tragic Silence is a dramatic construct in the study of tragic acting that denotes the deliberate absence of speech to convey profound emotional or existential states, distinguishing it from other performative techniques through its reliance on non-verbal expressivity to heighten tragic intensity.

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782

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28

Authors

7

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2017–2026

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Publications

26

:<i>Comic Women, Tragic Men, A Study of Gender and Genre in Shakespeare</i>

Rudolph P. Almasy · Sixteenth Century Journal · 1983 · 94 citations

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The Roaring Silence -- John Cage: A Life

Steve Sweeney Turner, David Revill · The Musical Times · 1993 · 75 citations

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The silence: how tragedy shapes talk

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 75 citations

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Pathological laughter and crying

K. Poeck · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1985 · 69 citations

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A rain forest dusk chorus: cacophony or sounds of silence?

Manjari Jain, Swati Diwakar, Jimmy Bahuleyan et al. · Evolutionary Ecology · 2013 · 49 citations

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Authors

28

  1. DR
    David Revill

    2 publications · 96 citations

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  2. DL
    David L. Eng

    University of Delaware, United States

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  3. ED
    Erwin D. Jackson

    Western Illinois University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. SS
    Shirley Sharon‐Zisser

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. RB
    Rohini Balakrishnan

    Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India

    1 publications · 49 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  2. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

    Bengaluru, India

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    196 citations

  3. University of Delhi

    New Delhi, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  4. Long Island University

    Brookville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  5. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  6. Western Illinois University

    Macomb, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  7. Northern Illinois University

    DeKalb, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications

    17 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 150 citations

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  2. Theatre Journal

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  3. World Literature Today

    WLT · 1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. Notes

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. The Russian Review

    1 publications · 33 citations

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