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Argues that humour has long been viewed as a repressed feature of 19th-century femininity. However, in the works of writers such as Jane Austen and Henry James, the book points to a wryly amusing perspective that differs in rhetoric, affect, and politics from traditional forms of comic expression.

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226294018, 978-0226294018
      ISBN10: 0226294013
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Gender studies, gender groups

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      Book Synopsis
      Argues that humour has long been viewed as a repressed feature of 19th-century femininity. However, in the works of writers such as Jane Austen and Henry James, the book points to a wryly amusing perspective that differs in rhetoric, affect, and politics from traditional forms of comic expression.

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