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The Subversion of Romance in the Novels of Barbara Pym
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Ellen M. Tsagaris
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Popular Press

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Points out how British novelist Pym (1913-80) parodied the conventions of romance novels by deflating characters, hyperbole, and exaggeration, or emphasizing me
Reading Barbara Pym
Language: en
Pages: 140
Authors: Deborah Donato
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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Reading Barbara Pym stakes out new territory in Pym criticism byquestioning the assumptions and predispositions by which her novelshave been received and judged
The Reality behind Barbara Pym's Excellent Women
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: Robin R. Joyce
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-02-20 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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This book analyses Barbara Pym’s published and unpublished work through a new image, that of the troublesome woman. It details the political nature of her wor
The Rhetoric of Women’s Humour in Barbara Pym’s Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Naghmeh Varghaiyan
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-20 - Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

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In this study of three of Barbara Pym’s novels, Naghmeh Varghaiyan, drawing on examinations of women’s humour by Eileen Gillooly, Regina Barreca, and others
The Making of Barbara Pym
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Emily Stockard
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-10 - Publisher: Springer Nature

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The Making of Barbara Pym offers new insights into Pym’s formative years as a writer, during which she honed a complex view of the necessity of change on indi