Cool Characters : Irony and American Fiction / Lee Konstantinou.
2016
BH301.I7 K66 2016
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Cool Characters : Irony and American Fiction / Lee Konstantinou.
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9780674969490
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (384 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674969490 doi
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BH301.I7 K66 2016
Alternate Call Number
HU 1691
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.540918
Summary
Lee Konstantinou examines irony in American literary and political life, showing how it migrated from the countercultural margins of the 1950s to the 1980s mainstream. Along the way, irony was absorbed into postmodern theory and ultimately become a target of recent writers who have moved beyond its limitations with a practice of "postirony."
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction. The Character of Irony
Part I. Irony
1. The Hipster as Critic
2. Punk's Positive Dystopia
Part II. Postirony
3. How to Be a Believer
4. The Work of the Coolhunter
Conclusion. Manic Pixie Dream Occupier
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Preface
Introduction. The Character of Irony
Part I. Irony
1. The Hipster as Critic
2. Punk's Positive Dystopia
Part II. Postirony
3. How to Be a Believer
4. The Work of the Coolhunter
Conclusion. Manic Pixie Dream Occupier
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index