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Title: COMEDY AND THE FEMININE MIDDLEBROW NOVEL
ELIZABETH VON ARNIM AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR
By: Erica Brown
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 184893338X
ISBN 13: 9781848933385
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 1 December, 2012
Series: Literary Texts and the Popular Marketplace 3
Pages: 176
Description: Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor wrote witty and entertaining novels about the domestic lives of middle-class women. Widely read and enjoyed, their work was often dismissed as middlebrow. Brown argues their skilful use of comedy and irony provided the receptive reader with subversive commentary on the cruelties and disappointments of life.
Synopsis: Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor wrote witty and entertaining novels about the domestic lives of middle-class women. Widely read and enjoyed, their work was often dismissed as middlebrow. Brown argues their skilful use of comedy and irony provided the receptive reader with subversive commentary on the cruelties and disappointments of life.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Prizes: Short-listed for Essex Book Award 2014
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