Ladies Laughing: Wit as Control in Contemporary American Women Writers

by Barbara Levy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 905699543X
• ISBN13: 9789056995430
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"