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Laughing feminism : subversive comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen
- Title
- Laughing feminism : subversive comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen / Audrey Bilger.
- Author
- Bilger, Audrey, 1960-
- Publication
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 99-9010 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 261 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Humor in life and letters series
- Uniform Title
- Humor in life and letters.
- Alternative Title
- Subversive comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen
- Subject
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 > Humor
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849 > Humor
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 > Humor
- English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism
- Feminism and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Feminism and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism
- English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
- Humorous stories, English > History and criticism
- Women and literature > Great Britain > History
- Social norms in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.
- Contents
- Women and comedy in eighteenth-century England -- Defiant laughter: Mary Wollstonecraft and feminist humor -- From inside jokes to published comedy -- Comedy in manners: making fun of the angel in the house -- Mocking the "Lords of creation" : male comic characters -- The limits of sisterhood: satirizing women -- Goblin laughter: violent comedy and the condition of women.
- Call Number
- JFE 99-9010
- ISBN
- 0814327222 (alk. paper)
- 0814326579 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98010828
- OCLC
- 38174508
- Author
- Bilger, Audrey, 1960-
- Title
- Laughing feminism : subversive comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen / Audrey Bilger.
- Imprint
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1998.
- Series
- Humor in life and letters seriesHumor in life and letters.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 99-9010