03475oam 2200769I 450 991045310000332120200520144314.01-317-32073-51-315-65499-71-317-32074-31-84893-339-810.4324/9781315654997 (CKB)2550000001126819(EBL)1510965(OCoLC)862050241(SSID)ssj0000906540(PQKBManifestationID)11536134(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000906540(PQKBWorkID)10861207(PQKB)10630532(MiAaPQ)EBC2127253(MiAaPQ)EBC4015460(MiAaPQ)EBC1510965(Au-PeEL)EBL2127253(CaPaEBR)ebr10642769(CaONFJC)MIL527482(OCoLC)932060838(OCoLC)958106278(EXLCZ)99255000000112681920180706e20162013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComedy and the feminine middlebrow novel Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor /by Erica BrownLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (315 p.)Literary texts and the popular marketplace ;no. 3"First published 2013 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd."--t.p. verso.1-84893-338-X 1-299-96231-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 CITEDElizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor wrote witty and entertaining novels about the domestic lives of middle-class women. Widely read and enjoyed, their work was often dismissed as middlebrow. Brown argues their skilful use of comedy and irony provided the receptive reader with subversive commentary on the cruelties and disappointments of life.Literary texts and the popular marketplace ;Number 3.English fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismHumor in literatureHumorous stories, EnglishHistory and criticismMiddle class in literatureWomen in literatureElectronic books.English fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Humor in literature.Humorous stories, EnglishHistory and criticism.Middle class in literature.Women in literature.823.912099287Brown Erica1975-,930592MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453100003321Comedy and the feminine middlebrow novel2093241UNINA