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Necessary Madness: The Humor of Domesticity in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Necessary Madness The Humor of Domesticity in NineteenthCentury American Literature
Author: Gregg Camfield
Women's humor is one of the last genres of women's writing to be "rediscovered." Camfield here challenges criticism that postulates "women's humor" as a new genre distinct from and in opposition to "men's humor." While examining the works of Irving, Fanny Fern, Twain, Stowe, and Melville, he argues that humor serves as an important tool for both...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195100402
ISBN-10: 0195100409
Publication Date: 8/29/1997
Pages: 236
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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