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Subjects
American Humorous stories, American literature, American wit and humor, Authors and readers, History, History and criticism, Humor in literature, Women and literature, Women authors, American literature, women authors, Wit and humor, history and criticism, Humour américain, Histoire et critique, Écrivains et lecteurs, Histoire, Femmes et littérature, Écrits de femmes américains, Littérature américaine, Récits humoristiques américains, Humor and literaturePlaces
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Ladies Laughing: Wit As Control in Contemporary American Women Writers
2013, Taylor & Francis Group
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Ladies Laughing: Wit As Control in Contemporary American Women Writers
2013, Routledge
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Ladies Laughing: Wit As Control in Contemporary American Women Writers
2013, Taylor & Francis Group
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Ladies laughing: wit as control in contemporary American women writers
1997, Gordon and Breach
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175) and index.
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