Irony
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Few rhetorical concepts have proved as slippery, as contested, and as endlessly productive as irony — and D.C. Muecke's concise yet authoritative study brings rigorous clarity to one of literature's most elusive modes. Part of the distinguished The Critical Idiom series, this volume charts the full historical and theoretical landscape of irony, from its Socratic origins in ancient philosophy through to its complex manifestations in Romantic and modern literature, systematically unpacking the distinctions between verbal, situational, and dramatic irony with precision and scholarly care. Muecke writes with the economy and confidence of a scholar who has mastered his subject entirely, presenting a taxonomy of ironic modes that has since become foundational in literary criticism and theory. His analysis illuminates how irony functions not merely as a figure of speech but as a fundamental stance toward meaning, knowledge, and the human condition itself. Accessible yet intellectually demanding, Irony remains an indispensable reference for students and scholars alike — a work that, with characteristic wit, proves that the most sophisticated ideas can be expressed with disarming simplicity.
Author: D.C. Muecke
Format: Paperback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few rhetorical concepts have proved as slippery, as contested, and as endlessly productive as irony — and D.C. Muecke's concise yet authoritative study brings rigorous clarity to one of literature's most elusive modes. Part of the distinguished The Critical Idiom series, this volume charts the full historical and theoretical landscape of irony, from its Socratic origins in ancient philosophy through to its complex manifestations in Romantic and modern literature, systematically unpacking the distinctions between verbal, situational, and dramatic irony with precision and scholarly care. Muecke writes with the economy and confidence of a scholar who has mastered his subject entirely, presenting a taxonomy of ironic modes that has since become foundational in literary criticism and theory. His analysis illuminates how irony functions not merely as a figure of speech but as a fundamental stance toward meaning, knowledge, and the human condition itself. Accessible yet intellectually demanding, Irony remains an indispensable reference for students and scholars alike — a work that, with characteristic wit, proves that the most sophisticated ideas can be expressed with disarming simplicity.