By D. C. Muecke

First released in 1970 and revised in 1982, this paintings offers a severe evaluation of the concept that of irony in literary feedback. After developing the connection of the ironical and the non-ironical, it summarises the historical past of the concept that of irony, prior to separating and discussing its easy facets and the variable beneficial properties that ascertain its nature, influence and quality.


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