Ordinary pleasures : couples, conversation, and comedy /
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| Author / Creator: | Young, Kay, 1959- |
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| Imprint: | Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2001. |
| Description: | x, 217 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The theory and interpretation of narrative series Theory and interpretation of narrative series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4618509 |
| Summary: | This text seeks to offer a new theory of narrative in its uncovering of how conversations and comic interchanges between lovers in stories create an intimacy and happiness of the everyday. Drawing on a diverse body of theory (from sociolinguistics to philosophy to literary criticism) and reading an unexpectedly eclectic group of texts (works by Shakespeare and Tolstoy appear beside Casablanca and I Love Lucy) Kay Young explores how narrative couples play together, struggle together, and return to one another to experience what it means to be in a relationship over time. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 217 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0814208843 0814250823 |
