Ladies Laughing

Wit as Control in Contemporary American Women Writers
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-90-5699-542-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

This engaging and accessible book examines the world of seven contemporary, popular American women writers and their individual use of wit as a subtle and effective strategy to engage, or "control", the reader. A chapter is devoted to each of the seven writers - Lisa Alther, Rita Mae Brown, Nora Ephron, Shirley Jackson, Alison Lurier, Grace Paley, and Anne Tyler - and discusses their writings and their use of wit in the context of their lives. An opening chapter frames wit and control in psychological realities, and a concluding chapter summarizes the power of wit. A bibliography of the writers' works is also included, making this an ideal introduction and companion to these writers and their works.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levy, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Forerunners: Dorothy Parker, Dawn Powell, Betty MacDonald; Chapter 3 Nora Ephron: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Control…. (But feared you’d appear too manipulative if you asked); Chapter 4 Shirley Jackson: “In the country of the story, the writer is King.”; Chapter 5 Alison Lurie: “Writing was a Kind of Witch’s Spell”; Chapter 6 Grace Paley: The Ear is Smarter than the Eye; Chapter 7 Anne Tyler: Seeing Through a “Mist of Irony”; Chapter 8 Lisa Alther: Playing for the Laugh: Comic Control in Kinflicks; Chapter 9 Rita Mae Brown: “An Equal Opportunity Offender”; Chapter 10 Conclusion: What Wit Controlled;

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Levy