In this handy volume Claire Colebrook offers an overview of the history andstructure of irony from Socrates to the present. Students will welcome thisclear conc... » 

In this handy volume Claire Colebrook offers an overview of the history andstructure of irony from Socrates to the present. Students will welcome thisclear concise guide which traces the use of the concept through historyfrom Greek times to the Romantic period and on to the postmodern era looksclosely at the work of Socrates and the more contemporary theorists JacquesDerrida and Gilles Deleuze explores the philosophical literary and politicaldimensions of irony applies theories of irony to literary texts Making eventhe most difficult debates accessible and clear this is the ideal studentintroduction to the many theories of irony. «