An edition of Wit's end (2010)

Wit's end

women's humor as rhetorical & performative strategy

by

Wit's end
Sean Zwagerman, Sean Zwagerman
Not in Library

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
December 9, 2010 | History
Edit
An edition of Wit's end (2010)

Wit's end

women's humor as rhetorical & performative strategy

by

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Language
English
Pages
241

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Subjects

Humor in literature, History and criticism, American literature, Performative (Philosophy), Speech acts (Linguistics), Conversation in literature, Man-woman relationships in literature, American wit and humor, Women in literature

Times

20th century

Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?

Edition Availability
Cover of: Wit's end
Wit's end: women's humor as rhetorical & performative strategy
2010, University of Pittsburgh Press
in English
  • Not in Library
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Table of Contents

"Like a marriage with a monkey" : an argument for the use of speech-act theory in the analysis of humor
Subversive potential meets social resistance : women's humor in Thurber, Hurston, and Parker
Generally unhappy : the deconstruction of speech acts and Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Comic relief : a stand-up performance by J.L. Austin and the consequences of not getting it
Failure revisited and authority regained : Louise Erdrich's Love medicine
Sisyphus's punch line : intentionality and wit as treatment for postmodern depression.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Pittsburgh, Pa
Series
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture, Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
817.009/9287
Library of Congress
PS438 .Z89 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 241 p. ;
Number of pages
241

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24522928M
ISBN 10
0822960745
ISBN 13
9780822960744
LCCN
2010000150
OCLC/WorldCat
468973479

Source records

Library of Congress MARC record

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
December 9, 2010 Created by ImportBot initial import