KnowraIronyLinked fromLinked fromThe 81 pages that link to Irony, each with the reason it gives.All 81Broader topic 1Related 71Narrower topic 1Compared with 8PejorativeRelated: Irony can reverse an expression’s apparent evaluation, though it does not erase its conventional force.Bielefeld conspiracyRelated: The claim’s literal impossibility signals a meaning opposite to sincere denial.Eça de QueirósRelated: His narrators use irony to reveal the gap between public virtue and private conduct.George MeredithRelated: Meredith’s narrators expose characters’ self-deceptions without simply stating a moral.I Am a CatRelated: The gap between the cat’s grand judgments and human behavior drives much of the novel’s humor.In Praise of FollyRelated: Folly's self-praise lets Erasmus condemn the vices she appears to celebrate.Infinite JestRelated: The novel treats irony as both a defense against sincerity and a barrier to intimacy.MetamodernismRelated: Metamodern works use irony without letting it cancel emotional commitment.Mikhail Saltykov-ShchedrinRelated: His narrators can praise authority in language that exposes its failures.Sentimental EducationRelated: The distance between Frédéric’s grand hopes and small choices produces the novel’s recurring irony.The Education of Henry AdamsRelated: Adams’s self-deprecating narrator undercuts the authority of a conventional life story.The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingRelated: The narrator’s judgments often complicate the gap between Tom’s intentions and his consequences.The ScholarsRelated: The gap between professed virtue and actual conduct drives much of the novel’s comedy.Zeno's ConscienceRelated: The gap between Zeno’s explanations and his behavior supplies much of the novel’s comedy.Anita BrooknerRelated: Dry irony exposes the mismatch between her characters’ romantic ideals and their circumstances.Carlos Drummond de AndradeRelated: His ironic voice often undercuts certainty and exposes tensions in ordinary experience.Ilf and PetrovRelated: Their narration often lets official claims collide with characters’ practical motives.NasreddinRelated: The gap between Nasreddin’s literal words and their implication creates many punch lines.Tristan CorbièreRelated: Corbière’s speakers repeatedly puncture romantic and literary poses with irony.Vũ Trọng PhụngRelated: His narratorial distance lets respectable language reveal disreputable motives.Yevgeny BaratynskyRelated: Irony helps expose the limits of confidence in reason and social progress.Previous2 of 2
KnowraIronyLinked fromLinked fromThe 81 pages that link to Irony, each with the reason it gives.All 81Broader topic 1Related 71Narrower topic 1Compared with 8PejorativeRelated: Irony can reverse an expression’s apparent evaluation, though it does not erase its conventional force.Bielefeld conspiracyRelated: The claim’s literal impossibility signals a meaning opposite to sincere denial.Eça de QueirósRelated: His narrators use irony to reveal the gap between public virtue and private conduct.George MeredithRelated: Meredith’s narrators expose characters’ self-deceptions without simply stating a moral.I Am a CatRelated: The gap between the cat’s grand judgments and human behavior drives much of the novel’s humor.In Praise of FollyRelated: Folly's self-praise lets Erasmus condemn the vices she appears to celebrate.Infinite JestRelated: The novel treats irony as both a defense against sincerity and a barrier to intimacy.MetamodernismRelated: Metamodern works use irony without letting it cancel emotional commitment.Mikhail Saltykov-ShchedrinRelated: His narrators can praise authority in language that exposes its failures.Sentimental EducationRelated: The distance between Frédéric’s grand hopes and small choices produces the novel’s recurring irony.The Education of Henry AdamsRelated: Adams’s self-deprecating narrator undercuts the authority of a conventional life story.The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingRelated: The narrator’s judgments often complicate the gap between Tom’s intentions and his consequences.The ScholarsRelated: The gap between professed virtue and actual conduct drives much of the novel’s comedy.Zeno's ConscienceRelated: The gap between Zeno’s explanations and his behavior supplies much of the novel’s comedy.Anita BrooknerRelated: Dry irony exposes the mismatch between her characters’ romantic ideals and their circumstances.Carlos Drummond de AndradeRelated: His ironic voice often undercuts certainty and exposes tensions in ordinary experience.Ilf and PetrovRelated: Their narration often lets official claims collide with characters’ practical motives.NasreddinRelated: The gap between Nasreddin’s literal words and their implication creates many punch lines.Tristan CorbièreRelated: Corbière’s speakers repeatedly puncture romantic and literary poses with irony.Vũ Trọng PhụngRelated: His narratorial distance lets respectable language reveal disreputable motives.Yevgeny BaratynskyRelated: Irony helps expose the limits of confidence in reason and social progress.Previous2 of 2