{"product_id":"9781883304065","title":"Mocking Mary: The Humorists Vs. Miss MacLane","description":"That \"errant daughter of literature\" - considered \"the first of the Flappers\" as well as \"the first blogger\" - Mary MacLane (1881-1929) has undergone a remarkable rediscovery in recent years. Buried, however, and largely forgotten is the astonishing press outpour that never ceased through her 20s. There was unending hate, perpetual admiration - and constant humor. The nation's biggest papers ran multiple jests at her expense every day - pointed one-liners, limericks, turgid poetry, deft parodies. By the time she was 22, three book-length parodies were on sale and inspiring laughter across the country.\u003cp\u003eThis first-of-its-kind collection returns to print the books - The Devil's Letters to Mary MacLane, The Story of Lizzie McGuire, The Story of Willie Complain - and a generous helping of every genre of humor she inspired. Still able to bring smiles or groans, these pieces uniquely reveal a society desperately pushing back at the young radical who questioned everything and obeyed nothing but her dark Muse - and against the coming revolution in style and manners she represented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an illuminating introduction and annotations by acclaimed MacLane scholar Michael R. Brown, Mocking Mary opens a new direction in understanding a potent revolutionary author and the times she lived in and provoked so deeply.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Petrarca Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039605014768,"sku":"9781883304065","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781883304065_p0.jpg?v=1763604677","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781883304065","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}