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

Melani Schröter: Visual Representations of Silence Chapter 9. Tiyasha Sengupta: In Between Words and Panels: A Multimodal Investigation of Silence in Poober Akaash Laal 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?.