Laughing feminism : subversive comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen / Audrey Bilger.

Author/creator Bilger, Audrey, 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoDetroit : Wayne State University Press, ©1998.
Description261 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840--Humor.
Edgeworth, Maria, 1768-1849--Humor.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Humor.
English fiction--18th century. --History and criticism.
Feminism and literature--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Feminism and literature--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
English fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
Humorous stories, English--History and criticism.
Women and literature--Great Britain. --History.
Social norms in literature.

SeriesHumor in life and letters series
Humor in life and letters. ^A237965
Contents Women and comedy in eighteenth-century England -- Defiant laughter: Mary Wollstonecraft and feminist humor -- From inside jokes to published comedy -- Comedy in manners: making fun of the angel in the house -- Mocking the "Lords of creation": male comic characters -- The limits of sisterhood: satirizing women -- Goblin laughter: violent comedy and the condition of women.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.
LCCN 98010828
ISBN0814327222 (alk. paper)
ISBN0814326579 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR858.F45 B55 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold