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Barbara Levy (Babson College, Massachusetts, USA)
ISBN: 9789056995423
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Examines the world of seven contemporary, American women writers and their individual use of wit as a subtle and effective strategy to engage, or "control" the reader. The writers featured are Lisa Alther, Rita Mae Brown, Nora Ephron, Shirley Jackson, Alison Lurier, Grace Paley, and Anne Tyler.
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.
| ISBN | 9056995421 | | Volumes | 001 | | ISBN13 | 9789056995423
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 408 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Routledge | | Series editor | Barreca, Regina (University of Connecticut, USA), Walker, Nancy (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U | | Format | Hardback | | Series ISSN | 1071-443 | | Publication date | 13 Nov 1997 | | Series title | Studies in humor & gender | | Library of Congress | PN | | Height (mm) | 248 | | DEWEY | 818.5409 | | Width (mm) | 159 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 200 | |
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Forerunners:Dorothy Parker, Dawn Powell, Betty MacDonald Nora Ephron:All You Ever Wanted to Know About Control (But Feared You'd Appear too Manipulative if You Asked) Shirley Jackson:"In the Country of the Story, the Writer is King" Alison Lurie:"Writing was a Kind of Witch's Spell" Grace Paley:"The Ear is Smarter Than the Eye" Anne Tyler:Seeing Through a "Mist of Irony" Lisa Alther:Playing for the Laugh:Comic Control in Kinflicks Rita Mae Brown:"An Equal Opportunity Offender" Conclusion:What Wit Controlled Bibliography
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