Delving into the interaction between satire and more serious forms of literature, Shane Herron overturns long-standing assumptions around genre and style to explore how eighteenth-century writers in fact used irony to deepen the serious content of popular fiction and, conversely, used earnestness to sharpen their satirical bite.
Delving into the interaction between satire and more serious forms of literature, Shane Herron overturns long-standing assumptions around genre and style to explore how eighteenth-century writers in fact used irony to deepen the serious content of popular fiction and, conversely, used earnestness to sharpen their satirical bite.
Shane Herron is a contributing editor at The Scriblerian. He holds Academic Status in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University, and has taught English at a number of Universities in the US. His work has appeared in Theory & Event, Studies in English Literature, and Eighteenth-Century Fiction, among other venues.
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1. Swift and the hacks: A relationship reconsidered 2. 'By One of the Fair Sex': Irony, sovereignty, and sexual difference 3. Keeping up appearances: Satire between preservation and reformation 4. Dark humor and moral sense theory: Or, how Swift learned to stop worrying and love evil 5. Gratitude for the ordinary: Defoe's irony.
1. Swift and the hacks: A relationship reconsidered 2. 'By One of the Fair Sex': Irony, sovereignty, and sexual difference 3. Keeping up appearances: Satire between preservation and reformation 4. Dark humor and moral sense theory: Or, how Swift learned to stop worrying and love evil 5. Gratitude for the ordinary: Defoe's irony.
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