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1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) |
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text file |
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Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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OldControl:muse9780822973775. |
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"Multi-User" |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
"Like a marriage with a monkey" : an argument for the use of speech-act theory in the analysis of humor -- Subversive potential meets social resistance : women's humor in Thurber, Hurston, and Parker -- Generally unhappy : the deconstruction of speech acts and Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- Comic relief : a stand-up performance by J.L. Austin and the consequences of not getting it -- Failure revisited and authority regained : Louise Erdrich's Love medicine -- Sisyphus's punch line : intentionality and wit as treatment for postmodern depression. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Made available online by Project Muse. |
Subject |
Performative (Philosophy)
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Performative (Philosophy) |
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Speech acts (Linguistics)
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Speech acts (Linguistics) |
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Man-woman relationships in literature.
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Man-woman relationships in literature. |
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Conversation in literature.
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Conversation in literature. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
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Humor in literature.
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Humor in literature. |
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
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American wit and humor. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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"Multi-User" |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Project Muse.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Zwagerman, Sean. Wit's end : women's humor as rhetorical & performative strategy. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2010 viii, 241 pages Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture. 9780822960744 2010000150 |
ISBN |
9780822973775 electronic book |
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0822973774 electronic book |
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9780822960744 paperback alkaline paper |
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0822960745 |
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