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001 99459978
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008 991007s1997 ne b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aPS438$b.L48 1997
082 00 $a817/.5099287$221
100 1 $aLevy, Barbara$q(Barbara Ellen)
245 10 $aLadies laughing :$bwit as control in contemporary American women writers /$cBarbara Levy.
260 $aAmsterdam, Netherlands :$bGordon and Breach,$cc1997.
300 $a182 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aStudies in humor and gender,$x1071443X ;$vv. 3
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-175) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Forerunners : Dorothy Parker, Dawn Powell, Betty MacDonald -- Nora Ephron : all you ever wanted to know about control (but feared you'd appear too manipulative if you asked) -- Shirley Jackson : "in the country of the story, the writer is king" -- Alison Lurie : "writing was a kind of witch's spell" -- Grace Paley : "the ear is smarter than the eye" -- Anne Tyler : seeing through a "mist of irony" -- Lisa Alther : playing for the laugh: comic control in Kinflicks -- Rita Mae Brown : "an equal opportunity offender" -- Conclusion : what wit controlled.
650 0 $aAmerican wit and humor$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAuthors and readers$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aHumorous stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aHumor in literature.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0653/99459978-d.html