It can be inferred that the author of the passage mentions Fern's "sharply humorous social criticism" primarily in order to A. contrast Fern's apparent intentions with the impression her writing made on Harris B. suggest that many feminist critics have attributed to Fern intentions that she may not have had C. identify an aspect of Fern's writing that strikes some scholars as incompatible with other attributes of her writing D. help account for the effect Fern's writing had on critics of her own time E. identify the aspects of Fern's writing for which she was primarily known prior to the 1970s