"'Whenever I open a book and see 'Hoot, mon,' I always close it immediately": Constance Fenimore Woolson's Humor.
This article explores the humor in the work of writer Constance Fenimore Woolson. Like many of the women writers in the U.S., class difference and class awareness form the foundation for much of Woolson's humor. To others' ironic, amused, or rollicking view of Americans "at home" in various ways, Wo...
| Publicado en: | Studies in American Humor Vol. 3; no. 9; pp. 69 - 82 |
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Pennsylvania State University Press
2002
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| Sumario: | This article explores the humor in the work of writer Constance Fenimore Woolson. Like many of the women writers in the U.S., class difference and class awareness form the foundation for much of Woolson's humor. To others' ironic, amused, or rollicking view of Americans "at home" in various ways, Woolson adds representations of Americans abroad. |
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