A Republic of Laughter: Marietta Holley and the Production of Women's Public Humour in the Late-Nineteenth-Century United States

[...] though Holley's fictional character traveled extensively, Holley herself rarely left her home, and almost never visited the fairs and expositions she described. [...] her status as "the female Mark Twain" indexes the overdetermined position of women writers at the turn of the ce...

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Published inGender forum no. 33; p. N_A
Main Author Epp, Michael H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Köln Prof. Dr. Beate Neumeier 01.01.2011
Subjects
American history
American literature
Females
Gender
Holley, Marietta (1836-1926)
Humor
Laughter
Literary criticism
Self esteem
Stereotypes
Twain, Mark (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910)
Women
New York
United States > US
Minnesota
Chicago Illinois
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Summary:[...] though Holley's fictional character traveled extensively, Holley herself rarely left her home, and almost never visited the fairs and expositions she described. [...] her status as "the female Mark Twain" indexes the overdetermined position of women writers at the turn of the century; always the subordinate, "female" equivalent of another writer, women humorists received praise and success, but were still positioned unequally in a public space fractured by gender.
ISSN:1613-1878