Literary Irony and the Literary Audience : Studies in the Victimization of the Reader in Augustan Fiction /
McKee, John B.,
Literary Irony and the Literary Audience : Studies in the Victimization of the Reader in Augustan Fiction / Studies in the Victimization of the Reader in Augustan Fiction John B. McKee. - 1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations. - Literature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000 . - Literature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / John B. McKee -- Preface / John B. McKee -- Chapter I Reader Victimizing Irony: Two Basic Techniques / John B. McKee -- Chapter II The Speaker as Ironist: Context Withholding in the Prologues of Tom Jones / John B. McKee -- Chapter III The Speaker as Victim: Context Withholding in Gulliver’s Travels / John B. McKee -- Chapter IV The Ironist as Explorer: Information and Context Withholding in Tristram Shandy / John B. McKee -- Chapter V Conclusions / John B. McKee -- Back Matter -- Appendix I A Short History of “Irony” / John B. McKee -- Appendix II Some Modern Approaches to Systematizing Irony / John B. McKee -- A Selected Bibliography / John B. McKee.
English
9789004650459
10.1163/9789004650459 DOI
Authors and readers--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Classicism--History--Great Britain--18th century.
English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--Roman influences.
Irony in literature.
Reader-response criticism.
PR858.I7
823/.03
Literary Irony and the Literary Audience : Studies in the Victimization of the Reader in Augustan Fiction / Studies in the Victimization of the Reader in Augustan Fiction John B. McKee. - 1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations. - Literature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000 . - Literature and Cultural Studies - Book Archive pre-2000. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / John B. McKee -- Preface / John B. McKee -- Chapter I Reader Victimizing Irony: Two Basic Techniques / John B. McKee -- Chapter II The Speaker as Ironist: Context Withholding in the Prologues of Tom Jones / John B. McKee -- Chapter III The Speaker as Victim: Context Withholding in Gulliver’s Travels / John B. McKee -- Chapter IV The Ironist as Explorer: Information and Context Withholding in Tristram Shandy / John B. McKee -- Chapter V Conclusions / John B. McKee -- Back Matter -- Appendix I A Short History of “Irony” / John B. McKee -- Appendix II Some Modern Approaches to Systematizing Irony / John B. McKee -- A Selected Bibliography / John B. McKee.
English
9789004650459
10.1163/9789004650459 DOI
Authors and readers--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Classicism--History--Great Britain--18th century.
English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--Roman influences.
Irony in literature.
Reader-response criticism.
PR858.I7
823/.03