Deletion of Unseen character (3rd nomination)

Comment: oh please delete this. It's survived two prior AFDs under the grounds of "improve it", and it just appears that it is fundamentally impossible to improve this. Unsourced additions are deleted, added, and the horrid cycle continues, because nobody (including myself) is ultimately willing to take a stand and risk either 3RR or  or any of those types of barriers
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Ownership of content (WP:OWN)

Comment: A common literary device that has been the subject of academic study, such as the first reference in the article and http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0022-3840.1984.1802_157.x this paper. And let's not forget http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iahqfr9_uGMC&pg=PA255&dq=%22Unseen+character%22&num=100&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U34-bjeIhNXSIqBPOd86FmyrnErfg the archetypal unseen character. The examples should of course be restricted to those that can be referenced, and if the list gets too long it can be split out per 
Stance: keep
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