LEADER 03475oam 2200769I 450 001 9910453100003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-32073-5 010 $a1-315-65499-7 010 $a1-317-32074-3 010 $a1-84893-339-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315654997 035 $a(CKB)2550000001126819 035 $a(EBL)1510965 035 $a(OCoLC)862050241 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000906540 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11536134 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000906540 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10861207 035 $a(PQKB)10630532 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2127253 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4015460 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1510965 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2127253 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642769 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL527482 035 $a(OCoLC)932060838 035 $a(OCoLC)958106278 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001126819 100 $a20180706e20162013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aComedy and the feminine middlebrow novel $eElizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor /$fby Erica Brown 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 225 0 $aLiterary texts and the popular marketplace ;$vno. 3 300 $a"First published 2013 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd."--t.p. verso. 311 $a1-84893-338-X 311 $a1-299-96231-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 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) 327 $a4 '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 330 $aElizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor wrote witty and entertaining novels about the domestic lives of middle-class women. Widely read and enjoyed, their work was often dismissed as middlebrow. Brown argues their skilful use of comedy and irony provided the receptive reader with subversive commentary on the cruelties and disappointments of life. 410 0$aLiterary texts and the popular marketplace ;$vNumber 3. 606 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHumor in literature 606 $aHumorous stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMiddle class in literature 606 $aWomen in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHumor in literature. 615 0$aHumorous stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMiddle class in literature. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 676 $a823.912099287 700 $aBrown$b Erica$f1975-,$0930592 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453100003321 996 $aComedy and the feminine middlebrow novel$92093241 997 $aUNINA