IronyIn this handy volume, Claire Colebrook offers an overview of the history and structure of irony, from Socrates to the present. Students will welcome this clear, concise guide, which: *traces the use of the concept through history, from Greek times to the Romantic period and on to the postmodern era *looks closely at the work of Socrates and the more contemporary theorists Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze *explores the philosophical, literary and political dimensions of irony *applies theories of irony to literary texts Making even the most difficult debates accessible and clear, this is the ideal student introduction to the many theories of irony. |
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Plato and Socrates | |
Romantic Irony | |
Dostoevsky Blake Swift | |
Contexts and Difference | |
The Fractured Absolute | |
Byron | |
Derrida Nietzsche and de | |
Byron and Swift | |
Judith Butler | |
Deleuze and Guattari | |
Satire and Literary History | |
The Literary Subject and the Emergence of Irony | |
Rorty Hutcheon | |
Conclusion | |
Reference | |
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