Irony and the Ironic (The Critical Idiom Reissued) by D. C. Muecke
English | July 19, 2017 | ISBN: 1138229636, 0416329403, 0416328601 | PDF | 128 pages | 87 MB
English | July 19, 2017 | ISBN: 1138229636, 0416329403, 0416328601 | PDF | 128 pages | 87 MB
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.