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IRONY’S EDGE
The often “cutting” edge of irony, says Linda Hutcheon, is always a social and
political edge. Irony depends upon interpretation; it “happens” in the tricky,
unpredictable space between expression and understanding.
Irony’s Edge
is a fascinating, compulsively readable study of the myriad forms
and the effects of irony. It sets out, for the first time, a sustained, clear analysis
of the theory and the political contexts of irony, using a wide range of
references, mostly from contemporary culture.
Examples extend from Madonna to Wagner, from a clever quip in
conversation to a contentious exhibition in a museum. And the stakes are high
—many radical artists and cultural activists consider irony to be usefully
subversive; others see it as more suspect. After all, irony can just as easily
legitimate as undermine relations of power.
Irony’s Edge
provocatively builds upon all the major existing theories of irony,
providing the most comprehensive and critically challenging theory of irony to
date.
Linda Hutcheon
is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the
University of Toronto. She is the author of a number of related books including
The Politics of Postmodernism
(1989);
A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory,
Fiction
(1988);
A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of TwentiethCentury Art Forms
(1985); and
Narcissistic Narrative: The Metafictional Paradox
(1984).
IRONY’S EDGE
The theory and politics of irony
Linda Hutcheon
London and New York
First published 1994
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
© 1995 Linda Hutcheon
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any
form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter
invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or
retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
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ISBN 0-203-35925-9 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-37181-X (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0-415-05452-4 (hbk)
ISBN 0-415-05453-2 (pbk)
CONTENTS
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION: THE “SCENE” OF IRONY
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RISKY BUSINESS: THE “ TRANSIDEOLOGICAL” POLITICS
OF IRONY
THE CUTTING EDGE
Emotions and ethics on edge
The “devil’s mark” or the “snorkel of sanity”?: the contradictory functions
and effects of irony
MODELING MEANING: THE SEMANTICS OF IRONY
Images
en route
to a definition
Theater goes to the movies:
Henry V
DISCURSIVE COMMUNITIES: HOW IRONY “HAPPENS”
The miracle of ironic communication
Provocation and controversy: the work of Anselm Kiefer
INTENTION AND INTERPRETATION: IRONY AND THE
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
The unbearable slipperiness of irony
Eco’s echoes and Wagner’s vicissitudes
FRAME-UPS AND THEIR MARKS: THE RECOGNITION OR
ATTRIBUTION OF IRONY
The sign(s) of the beast—in context
Tricksters and
enfants terribles:
performing ironies
THE END(S) OF IRONY: THE POLITICS OF
APPROPRIATENESS
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