Love, Marriage, and Irony in Barbara Pym's Novels
Description:
In my study on Barbara Pym's novels, the focus is first on the two basic ironies in love-marriage relations: irony of dilemma in which marriage is seen as the end of romantic love; and irony of situation in which excellent but plain-looking women are deprived of the chance to express their basic need for love. Chapter I of this study introduces the major themes and ironies in Pym's novels and the nature and functions of her irony. The following six chapters examine the two major ironies in six …
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Date:
May 1991
Creator:
Lee, Sun-Hee
Partner:
UNT Libraries