Laughing feminism : subversive comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen / Audrey Bilger.
This study focuses on comedy in the works of Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen, authors who scrutinize the subjected prejudices against women in order to expose their absurdity and encourage readers to laugh at sexist folly.
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| Language: | English |
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Detroit ; [Great Britain] :
Wayne State University Press,
c1998.
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| Series: | Humor in life and letters.
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