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Barbara Levy

Ladies Laughing

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comic voice in literature
contemporary
Contemporary American Women Writers
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Dorothy Mermin
ephron
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Erma Bombeck
Eventual Unification
Fairy Tales
feminist literary theory
gendered narrative strategies
grace
Harry Met Sally
Hill House
Homesick Restaurant
Isaac Bashevis Singer
JANE EYRE
Life Style
Lisa Alther
literary humour analysis
Main Characters
Molly Bolt
nora
Nora Ephron
paley
parker
Peter Pan Collar
psychological literary criticism
Rubyfruit Jungle
Successful Broadway Plays
twentieth century fiction studies
Visual Slapstick
wit as narrative control in women writers
Witch's Spell
Witch’s Spell
Witty Women
women
writers
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9789056995423
  • Weight: 520g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 13 Nov 1997
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description
This engaging and accessible book examines the world of seven contemporary, popular American women writers and their individual use of wit as a subtle and effective strategy to engage, or "control", the reader. A chapter is devoted to each of the seven writers - Lisa Alther, Rita Mae Brown, Nora Ephron, Shirley Jackson, Alison Lurier, Grace Paley, and Anne Tyler - and discusses their writings and their use of wit in the context of their lives. An opening chapter frames wit and control in psychological realities, and a concluding chapter summarizes the power of wit. A bibliography of the writers' works is also included, making this an ideal introduction and companion to these writers and their works.