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

by Audrey Bilger

Book Overview

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"