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The politics of irony in American modernism

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"This book shows how American literary culture in the first half of the twentieth century saw "irony'" emerge as a term to describe intersections between aesthetic and political practices. Against conventional associations of irony with political withdrawal, Stratton shows how th...

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Huvudupphovsman: Stratton, Matthew
Institutionell upphovsman: ebrary, Inc
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Upplaga:1st ed.
Ämnen:
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Irony in literature.
Satire > History and criticism.
Politics in literature.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Politics and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
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Innehållsförteckning:
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  • Introduction: Irony and How It Got That Way
  • Chapter 1: The Eye in Irony: New York, Nietzsche, and the 1910s
  • Chapter 2: Gendering Irony and Its History: Ellen Glasgow and the Lost 1920s
  • Chapter 3: The Focus of Satire: Irony and Public Opinions of Propaganda in the U.S.A. of John Dos Passos Page
  • Chapter 4: Visible Decisions : Irony, Law, and the Political Constitution of Ralph Ellison
  • Beyond Hope and Memory: A Conclusion
  • Bibliography.

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