The rhetoric of rage
Subtitle: women in Dorothy Parker
By: Sondra Melzer.
Series: Writing about women ;; vol. 22
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967 -- Characters -- Women.; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century.; Satire, American -- History and criticism.; Social problems in literature.; Anger in literature.
Description: The Rhetoric of Rage explores the treatment of women from a contemporary feminist perspective and reveals the ways in which Parker's brittle humor reflects muted anger toward a patriarchal society. Through close examination of the texts, the work investigates the hidden discontents, the buried conflicts of women's lives and exposes the forces at work both implicitly and explicitly that shape their existence.

The book locates links between the author's life and the fiction and elucidates the ways in which Parker lived her life in fiction and her fiction in life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.