Comedy and the middlebrow novel : Elizabeth Taylor and Elizabeth von Arnim

This thesis examines the critical reception of the novels of Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941) and Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) as part of a 'feminine middlebrow'. They are frequently read as offering merely light entertainment and an implicit endorsement of a conservative status quo, and I...

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Main Author: Brown, Erica Clare
Other Authors: Hopkins, Chris ; Mills, Sara ; Baxendale, John
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531415