{"product_id":"jane-austen-and-comedy-paperback-softback-9781684480777","title":"Jane Austen and Comedy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781684480777","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJane Austen and Comedy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErin Goss (Edited by), Eric Lindstrom (Contributions by), David Sigler (Contributions by), Sean Dempsey (Contributions by), Soha Chung (Contributions by), Timothy Erwin (Contributions by), Erin M. Goss (Contributions by), Michael Kramp (Contributions by), Misty Krueger (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781684480777\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 April 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages, 6\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Jane Austen and Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e takes a fresh and capacious approach to its subject.  These engaging contributions range from Eric Lindstrom's reading of Austen as a philosophical humorist to Misty Krueger's discussion of Austen's fandom and contemporary \"mashups.\"  Contributions by Erin Goss, Sean Dempsey, Michael Kramp and David Sigler and others bring together the generic history of comedy, elements of Freudian psychoanalysis, and nuanced readings of Austen's texts to broaden our understanding of what comedy means in Austen and why it matters today.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Toby Benis, author of Romantic Diasporas\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJane Austen and Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays edited by Erin M. Goss, encourages us to look at Austen's comedy, not as relief, but rather as a way of focusing on the serious issues from which we may turn to her fiction for relief.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— SEL: Studies in English Literature\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Choice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJane Austen and Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e represents a long-overdue recognition of the sheer importance of Jane Austen's humor to critique her own society––and ours. Contributors to Erin M. Goss's essay collection navigate the tricky terrain of Austen's laughter, inviting readers to take seriously things not always taken seriously. In their nuanced and often sophisticated readings, they argue that her comedy, far from distracting from political reality or promoting insular nostalgia, signals resistance and even survival, for where tragedy forecloses possibility, comedy asserts a future.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Jocelyn Harris, author of Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"An impressive compilation of erudite, thoughtful and thought-provoking essays, \u003ci\u003eJane Austen and Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal work of extraordinary scholarship -- and one that is unreservedly recommended for community and academic library literary collections in general, and Jane Austen supplemental curriculum studies lists in particular.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Midwest Book Review\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eJane Austen and Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e takes for granted two related notions. First, Jane Austen's books are funny; they induce laughter, and that laughter is worth attending to for a variety of reasons. Second, Jane Austen's books are comedies, understandable both through the generic form that ends in marriage after the potential hilarity of romantic adversity and through a more general promise of wish fulfillment. In bringing together Austen and comedy, which are both often dismissed as superfluous or irrelevant to a contemporary world, this collection of essays directs attention to the ways we laugh, the ways that Austen may make us do so, and the ways that our laughter is conditioned by the form in which Austen writes: comedy. \u003ci\u003eJane Austen and Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e invites reflection not only on her inclusion of laughter and humor, the comic, jokes, wit, and all the other topics that can so readily be grouped under the broad umbrella that is comedy, but also on the idea or form of comedy itself, and on the way that this form may govern our thinking about many things outside the realm of Austen's work.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIllustrations ... v\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations ... vi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Austen and Comedy ... 1\u003cbr\u003e Erin M. Goss\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I. Comic Energy and Explosive Humor\u003c\/b\u003e ... 27\u003cbr\u003e One - Austen, Philosophy, and Comic Stylistics ... 28\u003cbr\u003e Eric Lindstrom\u003cbr\u003e Two - Jane Austen: Comedy Against Happiness ... 62\u003cbr\u003e David Sigler\u003cbr\u003e Three - \"Open-Hearted\": \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e and the Cultivation of Good Humor ... 95\u003cbr\u003e Sean Dempsey\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II. (Emma's) Laughter with a Purpose\u003c\/b\u003e ... 121\u003cbr\u003e Four - After the Laughter: Seeking Perfect Happiness in Emma ... 122\u003cbr\u003e Soha Chung\u003cbr\u003e Five - The Comic Visions of Emma Woodhouse ... 148\u003cbr\u003e Timothy Erwin\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III. Comedic Form, Comedic Effect\u003c\/b\u003e ... 186\u003cbr\u003e Six - On Austen, Comedy, and Future Possibility ... 187\u003cbr\u003e Erin M. Goss\u003cbr\u003e Seven - Lost in the Comedy: Austen's Paternalistic Men and the Problem of Accountability ...218\u003cbr\u003e Michael Kramp\u003cbr\u003e Eight - Sense, Sensibility, Sea Monsters, and Carnivalesque Caricature ... 248\u003cbr\u003e Misty Krueger\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments ... 272\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography ... 273\u003cbr\u003e Index ... 301\u003cbr\u003e About the Contributors ... 302\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bucknell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716779962648,"sku":"9781684480777","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jane-austen-and-comedy-paperback-softback-9781684480777","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}