Description |
1 online resource |
Summary |
This collection of essays examines the work of five intermodernist writers. Some were established authors before the First World War and others continued to write after the Second World War, but this book focuses particularly on their writing between 1918 and 1939. Stella Benson, Bradda Field, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Stella Gibbons and Winifred Watson had much in common: they all wrote novels full of comic moments, which often challenged the cultural politics of the interwar period. Drawing on the literary and critical contexts of each novel, the essays here discuss the use of comic structures th |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
SUBJECT |
Benson, Stella 1892-1933 gnd |
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Compton-Burnett, Ivy 1884-1969 gnd |
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Field, Bradda 1893-1957 gnd |
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Gibbons, Stella 1902-1989 gnd |
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Watson, Winifred 1906-2002 gnd |
Subject |
Humorous stories, English -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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Social & cultural history.
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Englisch
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Frauenliteratur
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Humoristischer Roman
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781527545151 |
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1527545156 |
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