Shane Herron

Irony and Earnestness in Eighteenth-Century Literature (eBook, PDF)

Dimensions of Satire and Solemnity

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Shane Herron demonstrates how eighteenth-century irony was used not only in derision but also to clarify and sharpen emotional investments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108999267
• Artikelnr.: 70912077

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.