Barbara Levy

Ladies Laughing

Wit as Control in Contemporary American Women Writers

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Produktbeschreibung

This engaging and accessible book examines the world of seven contemporary, popular American women writers and their individual use of wit as a subtle and effective strategy to engage, or "control", the reader. A chapter is devoted to each of the seven writers - Lisa Alther, Rita Mae Brown, Nora Ephron, Shirley Jackson, Alison Lurier, Grace Paley, and Anne Tyler - and discusses their writings and their use of wit in the context of their lives. An opening chapter frames wit and control in psychological realities, and a concluding chapter summarizes the power of wit. A bibliography of the writers' works is also included, making this an ideal introduction and companion to these writers and their works.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9789056995430
• ISBN-10: 905699543X
• Artikelnr.: 37153145

Autorenporträt

Barbara Levy

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Forerunners: Dorothy Parker, Dawn Powell, Betty MacDonald
Chapter 3 Nora Ephron: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Control.... (But feared you'd appear too manipulative if you asked)
Chapter 4 Shirley Jackson: "In the country of the story, the writer is King."
Chapter 5 Alison Lurie: "Writing was a Kind of Witch's Spell"
Chapter 6 Grace Paley: The Ear is Smarter than the Eye
Chapter 7 Anne Tyler: Seeing Through a "Mist of Irony"
Chapter 8 Lisa Alther: Playing for the Laugh: Comic Control in Kinflicks
Chapter 9 Rita Mae Brown: "An Equal Opportunity Offender"
Chapter 10 Conclusion: What Wit Controlled