208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 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... Read more
Chapter 1 THE CONCEPT OF IRONY; Chapter 2 THE PHILOSOPHY OF IRONY; Chapter 3 ROMANTIC IRONY; Chapter 4 BEYOND IRONY AND SUBJECTIVITY, Byron, Swift; Chapter 5 IRONY OUT OF CONTEXT; Chapter 6 SATIRE AND THE LIMITS OF IRONY; Chapter 7 HUMOUR AND IRONY; Chapter 8 POSTMODERNISM, PARODY AND IRONY; CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; References Index;
Biography
Claire Colebrook teaches English at the University of Edinburgh. Her publications include Gilles Deleuze, in the Routledge Critical Thinkers series and Irony in the Work of Philosophy.
