A clear, concise guide to the history and structure of irony from Socrates to the Derrida and Deleuze. Explores the philosophical, literary and political dimensions of irony
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A clear, concise guide to the history and structure of irony from Socrates to the Derrida and Deleuze. Explores the philosophical, literary and political dimensions of irony
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Cover; IRONY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 The Concept of Irony; The History of Irony: From Eironeia to Ironia; Medieval and Renaissance Irony; Cosmic, Tragic or Dramatic Irony and Everyday Irony; The Problem of Irony; Determining Irony through Value; 2 The Philosophy of Irony: Plato and Socrates; Plato's Symposium; The Politics of Irony after Socrates; Stable Irony and Recognition; 3 Romantic Irony; The Ironic Fall; Irony as a Style of Existence; Contradiction: Dostoevsky, Blake, Swift
German Romantic Irony: Contexts and DifferenceThe Fractured Absolute; 4 Beyond Irony and Subjectivity: Byron and Swift; The Ironic Subject; Swift and Unreason; Irony against Satire: Byron; 5 Irony out of Context: Derrida, Nietzsche and de Man; Post-structuralism: Derrida; Nietzsche; Deconstruction and Affirmation: Derrida; Allegory and Irony: Paul de Man; 6 Satire and the Limits of Irony: From Byron and Swift to Butler; The Limits of Language; Romantic Ideology: McGann; Ethics and Postmodern Irony; The Ironic Subject and History; Performative Politics and Gender: Judith Butler
7 Humour and Irony: Deleuze and GuattariHumour; Satire and Literary History; The Literary Subject and the Emergence of Irony; Joyous Stupidity; 8 Postmodernism, Parody and Irony: Rorty, Hutcheon, Austen, Joyce and Carter; Richard Rorty: Irony and Pragmatism; Linda Hutcheon and the Politics of Postmodern Irony; Free-indirect Style: Austen and Joyce; Postmodern Immanence; Angela Carter; Conclusion; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX
