| Ordinary Pleasures: Couples, Conversation, and Comedy Contributor(s): Young, Kay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814250823 ISBN-13: 9780814250822 Publisher: Ohio State University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 2001002256 |
| Series: Theory Interpretation Narrativ |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.96" W x 9.06" (0.70 lbs) 217 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ordinary Pleasures offers a new theory of narrative in its uncovering of how conversations and comic exchanges 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. |