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Introduction to the Series | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Forerunners: Dorothy Parker, Dawn Powell, Betty MacDonald | p. 13 |
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Control (But feared you'd appear too manipulative if you asked) | p. 35 |
"In the Country of the Story, the Writer Is King" | p. 51 |
"Writing Was a Kind of Witch's Spell" | p. 71 |
"The Ear Is Smarter than the Eye" | p. 91 |
Seeing Through a "Mist of Irony" | p. 113 |
Playing for the Laugh: Comic Control in Kinflicks | p. 133 |
"An Equal Opportunity Offender" | p. 149 |
Conclusion: What Wit Controlled | p. 165 |
Bibliography: Women and Wit | p. 171 |
Index | p. 177 |
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