General Information

Author/Creator

Hutcheon, Linda, 1947-

Language

English.

Published

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Physical Description

viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

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, mostly from contemporary culture.

Examples extend from Madonna to Wagner, from a clever quip in conversation to a contentious exhibition in a museum. And the stakes are high - many radical artists and cultural activists consider irony to be usefully subversive; others see it as more suspect. After all, irony can just as easily legitimate as undermine relations of power.

Subjects

Subject

Irony.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Linda Hutcheon.

Content

Introduction: The "Scene" of Irony -- 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.

ISBN

0415054524

0415054532

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	128/.4 20 HUT		General Stacks	-

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