Publication Date
April 2009
Advisor(s)
McCann, Sean
Major
English
Language
English (United States)
Abstract
This work examines how David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, and Augusten Burroughs represent a larger trend of comic memoirism. Their humor specifically addresses the concerns of the professional class in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Recommended Citation
Short, Jonathan Chason, "How to Laugh at Sentimental Fools: Comic Memoirs and the Professional Class" (2009). Honors Theses - All. Paper 274.
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/etd_hon_theses/274
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