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    Laughter and dying: Stella Benson's Hope against hope and other stories, and Tobit transplanted

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    Authors
    Darwood, Nicola
    Issue Date
    2020-01-29
    Subjects
    literature
    twentieth century
    women
    Stella Benson
    Q322 English Literature by author
    
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    Interwar Women's Comic Fiction: 'Have Women a Sense of Humour?'
    Abstract
    The novels and short stories of Stella Benson (1982-1933) cover a wide range of issues including suffrage, the morality of war and the rights of women through a mixture of realism, fantasy and satire.  Drawing on a range of twentieth and twenty first century theoretical approaches relating to humour and satire this essay considers Benson’s use of humour and satire in her collection of short stories Hope Against Hope and Other Stories (1931) and Tobit Transplanted (1931). Throughout both texts, Benson explores human frailties, inviting the reader to view her characters with an ironic detachment.  This essay argues that this use of comedy highlights the tension between humour and subject matter, and provides an insight into both her life and 1930s society.
    Citation
    Darwood N (2020) 'Laughter and dying: Stella Benson's Hope against hope and other stories, and Tobit transplanted', in Darwood N, Turner N (ed(s).). Interwar Women's Comic Fiction: 'Have Women a Sense of Humour?', edn, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing pp.63-82.
    Publisher
    Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/623825
    Additional Links
    https://www.cambridgescholars.com/interwar-womens-comic-fiction
    Type
    Book chapter
    Language
    en
    ISBN
    9781527542747
    Collections
    English literature

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