Comedy and the feminine middlebrow novel : Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor / / by Erica Brown
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 823.912099287 |
| Soggetto topico: | English fiction - Women authors - History and criticism |
| Humor in literature | |
| Humorous stories, English - History and criticism | |
| Middle class in literature | |
| Women in literature | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | "First published 2013 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd."--t.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Elizabeth 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Comedy and the feminine middlebrow novel |
| ISBN: | 1-317-32073-5 |
| 1-315-65499-7 | |
| 1-317-32074-3 | |
| 1-84893-339-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453100003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Literary texts and the popular marketplace ; ; Number 3.