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Irony's edge : the theory and politics of irony /

The edge of irony, says Linda Hutcheon, is always a social and political edge. Irony depends upon interpretation; it happens in the tricky, unpredictable space between expression and understanding. Irony's Edge is a fascinating, compulsively readable study of the myriad forms and the effects of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hutcheon, Linda, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, ©1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Risky business : the "transideological" politics of irony
  • 2. The cutting edge
  • 3. Modeling meaning : the semantics of irony
  • 4. Discursive communities : how irony "happens"
  • 5. Intention and interpretation : irony and the eye of the beholder
  • 6. Frame-ups and their marks : the recognition or attribution of irony
  • 7. The end(s) of irony : the politics of appropriateness.