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Ladies Laughing: Wit as Control in Contemporary American Women Writers

Ladies Laughing: Wit as Control in Contemporary American Women Writers

Paperback

Series: Studies in Humor & Gender, Book 3

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 905699543X
ISBN13: 9789056995430
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 13 1997
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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.

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