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Irony's Edge The Theory and Politics of Irony

Paperback • 1994 • English • 1. edition

Irony's Edge The Theory and Politics of Irony

By Linda Hutcheon

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About the book

There is the growing sense that irony has emerged as a mode of expression that is strangely out of vogue. The popular press has veritably written it off as a means of critique. Politicians and pundits seldom use it. And when they do, it tends either to miss its intended mark or, for that matter, induce widespread cognitive failure. Yet, irony is a complex rhetorical move. It depends on deep and shared levels of understanding, knowing namely, that one means what one doesn't mean and that that act...Show more

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9780415054539

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published year

1994

Language

English

Edition

1

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Irony's Edge The Theory and Politics of Irony

Format

Paperback

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