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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, [1998]
- ©1998
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- Description
- 261 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Laughing Feminism focuses on comedy in the works of Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen, authors who scrutinized the subjected prejudices against women in order to expose their absurdity and encourage readers to laugh at the folly of sexist views. By making fun of conduct literature, male authority figures, and courtship practices, the authors challenged commonly accepted views that contributed to women's subordination.
- Laughing Feminism sheds light on the ways in which Burney, Edgeworth, and Austen enlisted the power of comedy in the service of feminism, and in so doing participated in one of the most important ideological movements of the last three hundred years. It offers modern scholars a new look at feminist tactics as it brings to light a lost chapter in the history of comedy.
- Series Statement
- Humor in life and letters series
- Uniform Title
- Humor in life and letters
- Subject
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 > Humor
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849 > Humor
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 > Humor
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
- Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849
- Austen, Jane
- Burney, Fanny
- Edgeworth, Maria
- 1700-1899
- 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
- Feminist fiction, English > History and criticism
- Humorous stories, English > History and criticism
- Women and literature > Great Britain > History
- Social norms in literature
- Dissenters in literature
- English fiction > History and criticism
- English literature > Women authors > History and criticism
- English literature > Women authors
- Dissenters in literature
- English fiction
- English fiction > Women authors
- Feminism and literature
- Feminist fiction, English
- Humorous stories, English
- Social norms in literature
- Women and literature
- Komik
- Feminismus
- Fictie
- Engels
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Het komische
- Feminisme
- Humor (grappigheden)
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Wit and Humor.
- humor.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Humor
- Humor.
- Humour.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0814327222
- 9780814327227
- 0814326579
- 9780814326572
- 0814330541
- 9780814330548
- LCCN
- 98010828
- OCLC
- ocm38174508
- 38174508
- SCSB-14164816
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library