the humor of domesticity in nineteenth-century American literature /
First Statement of Responsibility
Gregg Camfield.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Oxford University Press on-line
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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ONE: Humor in a Heartless Haven; TWO: Home in a Rage; THREE: Tending the Home Fires; FOUR: Home, Sweat Home; FIVE: Madness Runs in Families; SIX: Humorneutics; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This work offers an examination of the ways humour was used by major fiction writers in 19th-century America. It argues that humour served as an important tool to manage the ideology of domesticity so prevalent at the time, and shows how gender comes to bear upon comic techniques and sensibilities.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Necessary madness.
International Standard Book Number
0195100409
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American wit and humor-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Families in literature.
Home in literature.
Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century.