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Sabrina Fuchs Abrams
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: The Female Satirist in the City 1
- 1. Nancy Boyd and the Greenwich Village Bohemians: The Secret, Subversive Humor of Edna St. Vincent Millay 29
- 2. Dorothy Parker and the “Vicious Circle” Satire of Modern Love and New York Society 51
- 3. Tess Slesinger, the Menorah Journal Group, and the Feminist Socialist Satire of 1930s America 78
- 4. Jessie Redmon Fauset, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Racial and Gender Politics of Humor 115
- 5. Dawn Powell and the Lafayette Circle: Satirist of Greenwich Village Bohemia and Modern, Midtown Publishing Culture 140
- 6. Mary McCarthy and the Partisan Review Crowd: Satire and the Modern Bitch Intellectual 173
- Epilogue: Fighting Funny: Postfeminism, Postracialism, and the Fumorist of the Future 193
- Notes 201
- Bibliography 210
- Index 223
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: The Female Satirist in the City 1
- 1. Nancy Boyd and the Greenwich Village Bohemians: The Secret, Subversive Humor of Edna St. Vincent Millay 29
- 2. Dorothy Parker and the “Vicious Circle” Satire of Modern Love and New York Society 51
- 3. Tess Slesinger, the Menorah Journal Group, and the Feminist Socialist Satire of 1930s America 78
- 4. Jessie Redmon Fauset, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Racial and Gender Politics of Humor 115
- 5. Dawn Powell and the Lafayette Circle: Satirist of Greenwich Village Bohemia and Modern, Midtown Publishing Culture 140
- 6. Mary McCarthy and the Partisan Review Crowd: Satire and the Modern Bitch Intellectual 173
- Epilogue: Fighting Funny: Postfeminism, Postracialism, and the Fumorist of the Future 193
- Notes 201
- Bibliography 210
- Index 223