Irony and the Ironic

First published in 1970 and revised in 1982, this work provides a critical overview of the concept of irony in literary criticism. After establishing the relationship of the ironical and the non-ironical, it summarises the history of the concept of irony, before isolating and discussing its basic aspects and the variable features that determine its nature, effect and quality.

The book will be a useful resource for those studying irony and English Literature.

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Irony and the Ironic

First published in 1970 and revised in 1982, this work provides a critical overview of the concept of irony in literary criticism. After establishing the relationship of the ironical and the non-ironical, it summarises the history of the concept of irony, before isolating and discussing its basic aspects and the variable features that determine its nature, effect and quality.

The book will be a useful resource for those studying irony and English Literature.

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Irony and the Ironic

Irony and the Ironic

by D. C. Muecke
Irony and the Ironic

Irony and the Ironic

by D. C. Muecke

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Overview

First published in 1970 and revised in 1982, this work provides a critical overview of the concept of irony in literary criticism. After establishing the relationship of the ironical and the non-ironical, it summarises the history of the concept of irony, before isolating and discussing its basic aspects and the variable features that determine its nature, effect and quality.

The book will be a useful resource for those studying irony and English Literature.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781315388328
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/06/2017
Series: The Critical Idiom Reissued , #12
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 265 KB

About the Author

D. C. Muecke

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction 2. The evolution of a concept 3. The anatomy of irony 4. The practice of irony; Bibliography; Index

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