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The Big Book of Irony
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Jon Winokur
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-10 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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Jon Winokur defines and classifies irony and contrasts it with coincidence and cynicism, and other oft-confused concepts that many think are ironic. He looks at
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Language: en
Pages: 222
Authors: Richard Rorty
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-02-24 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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In this 1989 book Rorty argues that thinkers such as Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein have enabled societies to see themselves as historical contingencies, ra
The Antidote for Everything
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Kimmery Martin
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-13 - Publisher: Penguin

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In this whip-smart and timely novel from acclaimed author Kimmery Martin, two doctors travel a surprising path when they must choose between treating their pati
Pumping Irony
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Tony Kornheiser
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Crown

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A collection of essays highlight typical American foibles, poking fun at such areas as the futility of the reduced fat diet, the differences in men's and women'
A Case for Irony
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Jonathan Lear
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-06 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In 2001, Vanity Fair declared that the Age of Irony was over. Joan Didion has lamented that the United States in the era of Barack Obama has become an "irony-fr