Necessary madness :: the humor of domesticity in nineteenth-century American literature /

This work offers an examination of the ways humour was used by major fiction writers in 19th-century America. It argues that humour served as an important tool to manage the ideology of domesticity so prevalent at the time, and shows how gender comes to bear upon comic techniques and sensibilities.

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1. Verfasser: Camfield, Gregg
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford University Press on-line.
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Zusammenfassung:This work offers an examination of the ways humour was used by major fiction writers in 19th-century America. It argues that humour served as an important tool to manage the ideology of domesticity so prevalent at the time, and shows how gender comes to bear upon comic techniques and sensibilities.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.
ISBN:1423758897
9781423758891
1602560781
9781602560789
1280451688
9781280451683
9786610451685
6610451680

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