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UNINA9910453100003321 |
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Autore |
Brown Erica <1975-, > |
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Titolo |
Comedy and the feminine middlebrow novel : Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor / / by Erica Brown |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-317-32073-5 |
1-315-65499-7 |
1-317-32074-3 |
1-84893-339-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Collana |
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Literary texts and the popular marketplace ; ; no. 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English fiction - Women authors - History and criticism |
Humor in literature |
Humorous stories, English - History and criticism |
Middle class in literature |
Women in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published 2013 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd."--t.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE MIDDLEBROW AND COMEDY: ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND ELIZABETH VON ARNIM'S CULTURAL AND LITERARY CONTEXT; 2 A COMEDIC 'RESPONSE' TO WAR? ELIZABETH VON ARNIM'S CHRISTOPHER AND COLUMBUS (1919) AND MR SKEFFINGTON (1940), AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S AT MRS LIPPINCOTE'S (1945); 3 'ONE BEGINS TO SEE WHAT IS MEANT BY "THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER"': ELIZABETH VON ARNIM'S VERA (1921) AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S PALLADIAN (1946) |
4 'ONE SHUDDERS TO THINK WHAT A LESS SOPHISTICATED ARTIST WOULD HAVE MADE OF IT': THE COMEDY OF AGE IN ELIZABETH VON ARNIM'S LOVE (1925) AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S IN A SUMMER SEASON (1961)CONCLUSION; NOTES; WORKS CITED |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor wrote witty and entertaining novels about the domestic lives of middle-class women. Widely read |
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