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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 | 905699543X | | Volumes | 000 | | ISBN13 | 9789056995430
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 295 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Routledge | | Series editor | Barreca, Regina (University of Connecticut, USA), Walker, Nancy (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U | | Format | Paperback | | Series ISSN | 1071-443 | | Publication date | 13 Nov 1997 | | Series title | Studies in humor & gender | | Library of Congress | PN | | Height (mm) | 235 | | DEWEY | 818.5409 | | Width (mm) | 159 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 200 | |
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| | | Introduction to the Series | | | | | | Acknowledgments | | | | 1 | | Introduction | | 1 | | 2 | | Forerunners: Dorothy Parker, Dawn Powell, Betty MacDonald | | 13 | | 3 | | Nora Ephron: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Control (But feared you'd appear too manipulative if you asked) | | 35 | | 4 | | Shirley Jackson: "In the Country of the Story" | | 51 | | 5 | | Alison Lurie: "Writing Was a Kind of Witch's Spell" | | 71 | | 6 | | Grace Paley: "The Ear Is Smarter than the Eye" | | 91 | | 7 | | Anne Tyler: Seeing Through a "Mist of Irony" | | 113 | | 8 | | Lisa Alther: Playing for the Laugh: Comic Control in Kinflicks | | 133 | | 9 | | Rita Mae Brown: "An Equal Opportunity Offender" | | 149 | | 10 | | Conclusion: What Wit Controlled | | 165 | | | | Bibliography: Women and Wit | | 171 | | | | Index | | 177 |
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