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

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
Subjects:	820.90091
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531415

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