Boris Norman: Foreword: Silence Through the Ages Wolfgang Stadler and Paul Mayr: Preface: Silence Revisited Part 1: Literary and Narrative Silences Chapter 1. Amy Singleton Adams and Patricija Corey: A 'Voice Like a Drum': Claiming Creative Silence in Donna Jo Napoli's Bound Chapter 2. Ornella Kraeme: Silent Sicilian Signore: An Analysis of Silence as the Unspeakable Chapter 3. Rachel Lehmann: (Not) Breaking the Silence: The Foreclosure of 'Rape' in Women's Trauma Narratives Chapter 4. Wolfgang Stadler: 'I Hope [Your Love] Will Break His Silence': Silences in Bethan Roberts' My Policeman and its Russian Translation Chapter 5. Eric Kim: Speech Therapy: Animal Silence as 'Restorative Communication' in Anton Chekhov's Toska Part 2: Cultural Discourses and Representations of Silence Chapter 6. Michal Ornan-Ephratt: The Onomatopoeic Sounds of Silence Chapter 7. Melani Schröter: Visual Representations of Silence Chapter 8.

Tiyasha Sengupta: In Between Words and Panels: A Multimodal Investigation of Silence in Poober Akaash Laal Chapter 9. Lucía Romero Gibu: Functions of Silences in Spanish Speakers' Discourses on Migration-Related Challenges in Germany Reflections and Afterword Rita Rieger: Instead of an Epilogue: One More Word on Silence and Silent Transformations through Reading Paul Mayr and Wolfgang Stadler: Taking Stock - What was this Silence all About?.