Laughing Feminism: Subversive Comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen (Revised)

(Part of the Humor in Life and Letters Series)

by Audrey Bilger

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Laughing Feminism focuses on comedy in the works of Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen, authors who scrutinized the subjected prejudices against women in order to expose their absurdity and encourage readers to laugh at the folly of sexist views. Audrey Bilger shows that these women writers employed a full arsenal of comic weapons such as satire, burlesque, and parody to combat patriarchal nonsense and make comedy out of the discrepancies...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814330541

ISBN13:9780814330548

Release Date:February 2002

Publisher:Wayne State University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences

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