Henry Fielding and the dry mock ：A study of the techniques of irony in his early works ( Studies in English Literature )

Publication subTitle ：A study of the techniques of irony in his early works

Publication series ：Studies in English Literature

Author： Levine> George R.  

Publisher： De Gruyter‎

Publication year： 1967

E-ISBN: 9783111400396

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783111037530

Subject： H0 Linguistics

Keyword： 语言学

Language： ENG

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Chapter

Preface

I. Irony in the 18th Century

A. Irony and Satire in die 18th Century

B. The Techniques of Irony in the 18th Century

C. Fielding and Irony

II. Rhetorical Irony, I: The Ironic Mask

A. The Technique

B. The Purposes of the Masks

C. The Masks

1. The Editor

2. The Public Defender

3. Two Politicians

4. The Traveller

D. Fielding and Swift

III. Rhetorical Irony, II: The Techniques of Verbal Irony

A. Denotative Irony

B. Connotative Irony

C. Understatement

D. Reversal of Statement

E. Irony by Implication

F. Ironic Undercut

G. Ironic Defense

IV. Rhetorical Irony, III: Verbal Irony in Joseph Andrews

V. Dramatic Irony

VI. Conclusion

A Note on the Texts Cited

Index

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