Irony
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 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
1 online resource (204 pages).
9780203634127, 0203634128
1058511588
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 Difference
The 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 Guattari
Humour
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
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