Divine Madness: On Interpreting Literature, Music, and the Visual Arts IronicallyBucknell University Press, 2002 - 307 pagina's This book provides a theory that enables the concept of irony to be transferred from the literary to the visual and aural domains. Topics include the historical roots of the concept of irony as modes of oral and literary expression, and how irony relates to spatiality. |
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Classifications of Irony | 50 |
INDISTINCTIONS | 53 |
Irony and Mysticism | 118 |
KABBALAH MEISTER ECKHART AND CELAN | 126 |
Irony and the Arts | 135 |
Titles | 137 |
The Lied | 138 |
Visualized Dramatic Irony | 140 |
Drama and Theater | 141 |
Music Drama and Opera | 143 |
The Creation of Irony | 58 |
UNSTABLE STABILITIES IN DICKENSS OLIVER TWIST | 67 |
STABLE INSTABILITIES IN ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAMS PRAISE OF FOLLY | 76 |
Irony Obliqueness and Incongruities | 84 |
Lying | 85 |
Sarcasm | 89 |
Humor | 90 |
Dialectics | 93 |
Metaphor | 94 |
Allegory | 95 |
Litotes and Hyperbole | 96 |
Satire | 98 |
Ambiguity | 100 |
Heteroglossia | 103 |
Opposition | 104 |
Antithesis | 105 |
Contrariety | 106 |
Paradox | 107 |
Incongruity | 110 |
SIMILES AND INCONGRUITIES IN KAFKA | 114 |
Dance | 146 |
Other Areas | 151 |
INTERTEXTUAL IRONY AND PARODY | 152 |
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN? | 158 |
The Irony of the Arts | 165 |
EMPTY SIGNS FULL OF IRONY? | 168 |
CAGE | 170 |
The Spatial Metaphors of Irony | 175 |
IRONY AND SPATIALITY | 184 |
SPACY MAGRITTE | 193 |
Musical Meaning Irony and Value | 201 |
MUSICAL CONTRASTS AND HUMOR | 210 |
ROMANTIC IRONY AND SPATIALITY | 215 |
SHOSTAKOVICH AND THE QUEST FOR INTENTIONS | 224 |
GOOD MUSIC BAD MUSIC OR IRONIC MUSIC? | 234 |
Nachspiel | 241 |
Notes | 246 |
Bibliography | 274 |
Index | 290 |
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