Cool Characters : : Irony and American Fiction / / Lee Konstantinou.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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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