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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Eileen Gillooly, Gillooly Eileen
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.1999
• EAN: 9780226294025
• ISBN: 978-0-226-29402-5
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Women in Culture and Society; Women in Culture & Society Series WCS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; 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