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Acknowledgements
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Jenna Clake
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vi
- Introduction: The Absurd, Race and Gender 1
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PART I
- 1. Feminine/Feminist Humour and Whiteness in Contemporary British Absurdist Poetry 25
- 2. Miscommunication and Failure to Connect in the Absurd 45
- 3. The Apocalypse in the Absurd 69
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PART II
- 4. Authority, ‘White Trash’ and Culture in Jennifer L. Knox’s A Gringo Like Me 91
- 5. Sadness in Caroline Bird’s The Hat-Stand Union and In These Days of Prohibition 113
- 6. Reality and Imagination in Emily Berry’s Dear Boy 133
- Afterword: Failing Better 151
- Notes 159
- Bibliography 173
- Index 196
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgements vi
- Introduction: The Absurd, Race and Gender 1
-
PART I
- 1. Feminine/Feminist Humour and Whiteness in Contemporary British Absurdist Poetry 25
- 2. Miscommunication and Failure to Connect in the Absurd 45
- 3. The Apocalypse in the Absurd 69
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PART II
- 4. Authority, ‘White Trash’ and Culture in Jennifer L. Knox’s A Gringo Like Me 91
- 5. Sadness in Caroline Bird’s The Hat-Stand Union and In These Days of Prohibition 113
- 6. Reality and Imagination in Emily Berry’s Dear Boy 133
- Afterword: Failing Better 151
- Notes 159
- Bibliography 173
- Index 196