Abstract
This essay reads the Goneril story in Melville's The Confidence-Man as one about taste and humor and the way both have been gendered, then and now. Advancing a new reading of Goneril as funny (rather than solely an example of the era's or Melville's misogyny), I consider what the reactions to the Goneril story within the novel's plot can help us see about controversies over women's humor in the contemporary United States.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 24-31 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Leviathan |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Literature and Literary Theory