Laughter and dying: Stella Benson's Hope against hope and other stories, and Tobit transplanted
| dc.contributor.author | Darwood, Nicola | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-10T10:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-10T10:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-01-29 | |
| dc.identifier.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. | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9781527542747 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10547/623825 | |
| dc.description.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. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing | en |
| dc.relation.url | https://www.cambridgescholars.com/interwar-womens-comic-fiction | en |
| dc.subject | literature | en |
| dc.subject | twentieth century | en |
| dc.subject | women | en |
| dc.subject | Stella Benson | en |
| dc.subject | Q322 English Literature by author | en |
| dc.title | Laughter and dying: Stella Benson's Hope against hope and other stories, and Tobit transplanted | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Interwar Women's Comic Fiction: 'Have Women a Sense of Humour?' | en |
| dc.type | Book chapter | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2020-02-10T10:23:35Z | |
| dc.description.note | full text not required so passing metadata only | |
| html.description.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. |