About this title: Perhaps no other critical label has been made to cover more ground than "irony," and in our time irony has come to have so many meanings that by itself it means almost nothing. In this work, Wayne C. Booth cuts through the resulting confusions by analyzing how we manage to share quite specific ironies--and why we often fail when we try to do so. How does a reader or listener recognize the kind of statement which requires him to reject its "clear" and "obvious" meaning? And how does any reader know where to stop, once he has embarked on the hazardous and exhilarating path of rejecting "what ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780226065526ISBN:0226065529
Description: Good in Good jacket. 96-X Dust jacket has wear & tear. Ex-library. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Date Published: 1974-06
ISBN-13:9780226065526ISBN:0226065529
Description: Good. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual labeling, rear end page removed. Good dj with just a bit of fading, some edge wear, protected in clear plastic. Text clean, binding good. Nice copy. Ships within one business day with delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780226065533ISBN:0226065537
Description: Good. Binding is fine. Light pencil writing on fewer than 12 pages. Covers discolored at edges and a bit worn. Corners show hint of bumping. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780226065533ISBN:0226065537
Description: Very Good. 0226065537. Text is clean. Owner's name inked on cover and 1/2 title page. Covers are lightly spotted.; Phoenix Books; 1 x 8.8 x 6 Inches. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780226065526ISBN:0226065529
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Prev. booksellers price stamp on front end page. Pages are clean and tight in block. Very nice copy. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 292 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 4th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780226065526ISBN:0226065529
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 292 pages. Square solid copy with small creases along edges of front cover, else covers show light wear. Interior is unmarked. read more
Binding: HARD BACK
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS, CHICAGO
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780226065526ISBN:0226065529
Description: GOOD TORN DJ. TORN DJ. 6X9" Yellow photo illustrated dj with small tears, chipping, rubbing along edges otherwise in fair condition; bookplate on fep; yellowing pages _PAB_ read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chicago: The University of Chicago Press Ltd
Date Published: 1975
Description: Original binding of brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris plate to front pastedown, otherwise very good in very good covers, which are slightly rubbed to head and tail of spine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1975-08-15
ISBN-13:9780226065533ISBN:0226065537
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