This work, the winner of the John Ben Snow Prize, demonstrates the sardonic and anti-sentimental wit of Frances Miriam Whitcher, who was writing in mid-1880s north-east America. She exemplifies the emergence of a distinctive tradition of women's humour in America.
Language
English
Pages
253
Format
Hardcover
Release
August 01, 1992
ISBN 13
9780815625629
Women's Humor in the Age of Gentility: The Life and Works of Frances Miriam Whitcher
This work, the winner of the John Ben Snow Prize, demonstrates the sardonic and anti-sentimental wit of Frances Miriam Whitcher, who was writing in mid-1880s north-east America. She exemplifies the emergence of a distinctive tradition of women's humour in America.