Necessary madness : the humor of domesticity in nineteenth-century American literature
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PS437 .C36 1997
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PS437 .C36 1997
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Familles dans la littérature.
Foyer dans la littérature.
Geschlechterverhältnis
Geschlechterverhältnis -- Motiv
Humor
Humoristische Literatur
Humour américain -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Häuslichkeit -- Motiv
Literatur
Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Mariage dans la littérature.
Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature.
USA
USA.
Zuhause
Zuhause -- Motiv
Foyer dans la littérature.
Geschlechterverhältnis
Geschlechterverhältnis -- Motiv
Humor
Humoristische Literatur
Humour américain -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Häuslichkeit -- Motiv
Literatur
Littérature et société -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Mariage dans la littérature.
Relations entre hommes et femmes dans la littérature.
USA
USA.
Zuhause
Zuhause -- Motiv
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Book
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xviii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.
Description
In this book, Gregg Camfield explores nineteenth-century American humor from the perspective of gender and domestic ideology, challenging recent theory asserting a broad gulf between men's and women's humor during the period and contributing vital new insights to the study of humor in general. Capturing in part I a vision of humor unique to the era, Camfield examines the period's faith in what was called "amiable humor," a genial and supple comic mode whose non-aggression makes it resist easy assimilation to theories stressing humor's basis in hostility, negation, rage, and other combative or displaced energies.
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Turning next to literary case studies powerfully revealing of this contact, Camfield in part II pairs male and female humorists - Washington Irving and Fanny Fern; Harriet Beecher Stowe and Herman Melville; Mark Twain and Marietta Holley; and George Washington Harris and Mary Wilkins Freeman - not only to demonstrate the way these influential writers approach domesticity with genial humor, but also to support his claim that gender difference does not always correlate to differences in viewpoint and practice within this common style.
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Broadening out to an intriguing consideration of humor theory in part III, Camfield draws on recent work in psychology, culture studies, neo-pragmatist philosophy, and neuroscience to model a compelling alternative view of humor capable of negotiating both the complexities of nineteenth-century American humor and the comic art of periods before and since. Students and scholars of humor, nineteenth-century American literature and culture, and women's writing, will find Necessary Madness to be a provocative, essential achievement.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Camfield, G. (1997). Necessary madness: the humor of domesticity in nineteenth-century American literature . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Camfield, Gregg. 1997. Necessary Madness: The Humor of Domesticity in Nineteenth-century American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Camfield, Gregg. Necessary Madness: The Humor of Domesticity in Nineteenth-century American Literature New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Camfield, G. (1997). Necessary madness: the humor of domesticity in nineteenth-century american literature. New York: Oxford University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Camfield, Gregg. Necessary Madness: The Humor of Domesticity in Nineteenth-century American Literature Oxford University Press, 1997.
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