Ladies laughing : wit as control in contemporary American women writers

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Ladies laughing : wit as control in contemporary American women writers

Barbara Levy

（Studies in humor and gender, v. 3）

Gordon and Breach, 1997

  • pbk

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Bibliography: p. 171-175

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内容説明

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.

目次

  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Forerunners: Dorothy Parker, Dawn Powell, Betty MacDonald
  • Chapter 3 Nora Ephron: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Control.... (But feared you'd appear too manipulative if you asked)
  • Chapter 4 Shirley Jackson: "In the country of the story, the writer is King."
  • Chapter 5 Alison Lurie: "Writing was a Kind of Witch's Spell"
  • Chapter 6 Grace Paley: The Ear is Smarter than the Eye
  • Chapter 7 Anne Tyler: Seeing Through a "Mist of Irony"
  • Chapter 8 Lisa Alther: Playing for the Laugh: Comic Control in Kinflicks
  • Chapter 9 Rita Mae Brown: "An Equal Opportunity Offender"
  • Chapter 10 Conclusion: What Wit Controlled

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