Ladies laughing
Subtitle: wit as control in contemporary American women writers
By: Barbara Levy.
Series: Studies in humor and gender,; v. 3
Publisher: Gordon and Breach
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: American wit and humor -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Authors and readers -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Humorous stories, American -- History and criticism; Humor in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Forerunners : Dorothy Parker, Dawn Powell, Betty MacDonald; title: Nora Ephron : all you ever wanted to know about control (but feared you'd appear too manipulative if you asked); title: Shirley Jackson : "in the country of the story, the writer is king"; title: Alison Lurie : "writing was a kind of witch's spell"; title: Grace Paley : "the ear is smarter than the eye"; title: Anne Tyler : seeing through a "mist of irony"; title: Lisa Alther : playing for the laugh: comic control in Kinflicks; title: Rita Mae Brown : "an equal opportunity offender"; title: Conclusion : what wit controlled.