Untamed and Unabashed

Untamed and Unabashed Essays on Women and Humor in British Literature - Humor in Life and Letters Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

Examines the use of humor in Jane Austen, Charlotte Br nte, George Eliot, and other British writers, particularly its gender basis. Finds that much of the humor is encoded such that it is invisible to men, but to women provides a critique of the conventions oppressive to women and suggests alternative perspectives. Annotation copyright Book News, I

Book information

ISBN: 9780814321362
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Imprint: Wayne State University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.0099287
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 191
Weight: 431g
Height: 229mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 17mm