Smile of Discontent - Humor, Gender, and Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

Zusammenfassung

Argues that humour has long been viewed as a repressed feature of 19th-century femininity. However, in the works of writers such as Jane Austen and Henry James, the book points to a wryly amusing perspective that differs in rhetoric, affect, and politics from traditional forms of comic expression.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Eileen Gillooly, Gillooly Eileen
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.06.1999
• EAN: 9780226294025
• ISBN: 978-0-226-29402-5
• Seiten: 316
• Abmessung: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Serien: Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity