Implied Irony in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice To Be Mistress of Pemberley!.
This book first takes the reader through an in-depth discussion of discourse in fiction, authorial presence and irony. Then, an analytical reading of Pride and Prejudice is presented, relying on two theories concerned with the pragmatics of irony to illustrate how foreknowledge of the entire novel h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2022
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book first takes the reader through an in-depth discussion of discourse in fiction, authorial presence and irony. Then, an analytical reading of Pride and Prejudice is presented, relying on two theories concerned with the pragmatics of irony to illustrate how foreknowledge of the entire novel heightens the reader's perception of irony in free indirect discourse (FID). Whilst acknowledging that the definition of irony as echoic language effectively describes the way the narrator seems to ""ventriloquize"" other voices, the book shows that a multistage approach can better account for the pr. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (141 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781527589759 1527589757 |
