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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 irony. It sets out, for the first time, a sustained, clear analysis of the theory and the political contexts of irony, using a wide range of references from contemporary culture. Examples extend from Madonna to Wagner, from a clever quip in conversation to a contentious exhibition in a museum.Irony's Edge outlines and then challenges all the major existing theories of irony, providing the most comprehensive and critically challengin theory of irony to date.
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Irony's Edge, Linda Hutcheon
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- Released
- 1994
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- Title
- Irony's Edge
- Subtitle
- The Theory and Politics of Irony
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Linda Hutcheon
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 258
- ISBN10
- 0415054532
- ISBN13
- 9780415054539
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Literary Studies, Philosophical Topics, Filmthema, Linguistics, Literary Criticism, Scientific Theories, Nazism, Adolf Hitler, Community, Irony, Literary Theory, Psycholinguistics
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
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- 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 irony. It sets out, for the first time, a sustained, clear analysis of the theory and the political contexts of irony, using a wide range of references from contemporary culture. Examples extend from Madonna to Wagner, from a clever quip in conversation to a contentious exhibition in a museum.Irony's Edge outlines and then challenges all the major existing theories of irony, providing the most comprehensive and critically challengin theory of irony to date.