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The Ironic Vision in Modern Literature

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  • © 1969

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  1. Charles I. Glicksberg

    1. Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. The Evolution of Irony

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Ironic Vision in Modern Literature

      • Charles I. Glicksberg
      Pages 3-24

    3. Tragic Irony: Ancient and Modern

      • Charles I. Glicksberg
      Pages 25-36

  3. The Philosophers Set the Stage for the Ironic Vision

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Schopenhauer: The Implicit Irony of Pessimism

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      Pages 39-50

    3. The Dilemma of the Superman

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      Pages 51-62

  4. Religious Irony

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Irony and the Religious Quest

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      Pages 65-80

    3. Death the Supreme Ironist

      • Charles I. Glicksberg
      Pages 81-91

  5. Irony in Modern Poetry, Fiction, and Drama

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Thomas Hardy the Cosmic Ironist

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      Pages 95-115

    3. Anatole France and Aesthetic Irony

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      Pages 116-131

    4. Chekhov’s Naturalistic Irony

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      Pages 132-141

    5. Illusion Versus Reality

      • Charles I. Glicksberg
      Pages 142-156

  6. Irony and the Diabolical

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. The Devil as Ironist

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      Pages 159-192

    3. The Irony of Thomas Mann

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      Pages 193-214

  7. The Nihilism of the Absurd and the Absurdity of Art

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. The Irony of the Absurd

      • Charles I. Glicksberg
      Pages 217-249
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA

    Charles I. Glicksberg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ironic Vision in Modern Literature

  • Authors: Charles I. Glicksberg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0977-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1969

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-0386-0Published: 01 January 1969

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-0977-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 268

  • Topics: Language and Literature

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