
The Rhetoric of Women's Humour in Barbara Pym's Fiction
Naghmeh Varghaiyan(Author)
ibidem (Publisher)
Published on 20. April 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
234 pages
978-3-8382-1503-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this study of three of Barbara Pym's novels, Naghmeh Varghaiyan, drawing on examinations of women's humour by Eileen Gillooly, Regina Barreca, and others, shows how the humorous female discourse in Some Tame Gazelle, Excellent Women, and Jane and Prudence undermines patriarchal culture and subverts both female and male stereotypes such as that of the spinster and of the Byronic hero. Varghaiyan reveals how the rhetoric of women's humour enables Pym's female characters to survive in the patriarchal culture and to unsettle it.
Reviews / Votes
"A significant contribution to Pym scholarship, an important and insightful study."-Orna Raz, Hebrew University of JerusalemMore details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hannover
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
309 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8382-1503-7 (9783838215037)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Naghmeh Varghaiyan
The Rhetoric of Women's Humour in Barbara Pym's Fiction
E-Book
04/2021
ibidem
€22.99
Available for download

Naghmeh Varghaiyan
The Rhetoric of Women's Humour in Barbara Pym's Fiction
E-Book
04/2021
ibidem
€22.99
Available for download
Persons
Author
Naghmeh Varghaiyan is assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Agri, Turkey. Her research interests include Feminism, Women's Literature, Feminist Marxist theory, and Women's Humour.
ISNI: 0000 0005 0393 130X
ISNI: 0000 0005 0393 130X
Series Editor
ISNI: 0000 0000 5199 7411
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