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Comic Visions, Female Voices : Contemporary Women Novelists and Southern Humor Southern Literary Studies
author
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Bennett, Barbara.
publisher
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Louisiana State University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0807122882
print isbn13
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9780807122884
ebook isbn13
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9780585314471
language
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English
subject
Humorous stories, American--Southern States--History and criticism, American wit and humor--Southern States--History and criticism, American wit and humor--Women authors--History and criticism, Women and literature--Southern States--History--20th century,
publication date
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1998
lcc
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PS261.B46 1998eb
ddc
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813/.54099287
subject
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Humorous stories, American--Southern States--History and criticism, American wit and humor--Southern States--History and criticism, American wit and humor--Women authors--History and criticism, Women and literature--Southern States--History--20th century,
Page i
Comic Visions, Female Voices
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SOUTHERN LITERARY STUDIES Fred Hobson, Editor
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Comic Visions, Female Voices
Contemporary Women Novelists and Southern Humor
Barbara Bennett
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Copyright 1998 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing
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Designer: Glynnis Weston Typefaces: text: Bembo; display: Randumhouse Typesetter: Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services Printer and binder: Edwards Brothers, Inc.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to Doris Betts, Josephine Humphreys, and Lee Smith for permission to reproduce excerpts from their letters to the author.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bennett, Barbara, 1959 Comic visions, female voices : contemporary women novelists and Southern humor / Barbara Bennett. p. cm. (Southern literary studies) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) )and index. ISBN 0-8071-2288-2 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Humorous stories, AmericanSouthern StatesHistory and criticism. 2. American wit and humorSouthern StatesHistory and criticism. 3. American wit and humorWomen authorsHistory and criticism. 4. Women and literatureSouthern StatesHistory20th century. 5. American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism. 6. American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticism. 7. Southern StatesIn literature. 8. Comic, The, in literature. I. Title. II. Series. PS261.B46 1998 813'.54099287dc21 98-20584 CIP
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
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for my sister JULIA
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Contents
Acknowledgments
xi
Abbreviations
xiii
Introduction: Southern Laughter and the Woman Writer
1
Chapter One "De Maiden Language": Voice and Identity
16
Chapter Two The Communion of Laughter: Healing and Unifying Comedy
37
Chapter Three Crossing Boundaries: Scatological and Black Humor
61
Chapter Four Unbuckling the Bible Belt: Religious and Sexual Satire
84
Chapter Five The Hand Inside the Velvet Glove: Confronting Stereotypes
108
Bibliography
127
Index
133
Page xi
Acknowledgments
Many people deserve thanks for helping me during the writing of this book. Several professors at Arizona State UniversityThelma Shinn Richard, D. G. Kehl, and Don L. F. Nilsengave me excellent advice and direction in the very early stages. I am also grateful to Robert W. Jones for listening to my frequent whining and offering an absorbent shoulder throughout the process.
For special friendship, I wish to thank Kathleen Godfrey, Jacquelyn Scott Lynch, Nancy Houston, and Joanne Boland. Not only do these women support me, but they also remind me to laugh. For personal sanity and inspiration, I owe a great deal to Carolyn A. Jones, who helped me discover my own voice and learn how to use it, and Gail Griffin, whose words and ideas sustain me daily.
I also wish to express my gratitude to John Easterly at Louisiana State University Press for his unwavering encouragement. Finally, I owe special thanks to Fred Hobson for sharing his knowledge, his talent, and his time.
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