02875nam 2200577 450 991046100320332120200520144314.01-4426-3200-310.3138/9781442632004(CKB)3710000000421417(EBL)3432033(OCoLC)929153513(MiAaPQ)EBC4669524(CEL)449974(OCoLC)914233214(CaBNVSL)thg00930800(DE-B1597)465768(OCoLC)944178839(DE-B1597)9781442632004(Au-PeEL)EBL4669524(CaPaEBR)ebr11256056(OCoLC)911855785(EXLCZ)99371000000042141720160920h19851985 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEssays on Chaucerian irony /Earle Birney ; edited, with an essay on irony by Beryl RowlandToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1985.©19851 online resource (193 p.)Heritage0-8020-6525-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Seven Kinds of Irony -- The Two Worlds of Geoffrey Chaucer -- English Irony before Chaucer -- Is Chaucer's Irony a Modern Discovery? -- The Beginnings of Chaucer's Irony -- The Inhibited and the Uninhibited: Ironic Structure in the Miller's Tale -- 'After his Ymage': The Central Ironies of the Friar's Tale -- Structural Irony within the Summoner's Tale -- Chaucer's 'Gentil' Manciple and his 'Gentil' Tale These essays, written between 1937 and 1960, have remained classics of their kind. They include important discussions on irony—its native traditions and its occurrence in early English literature, an account of critics’ appreciation of Chaucerian irony prior to this century, and a detailed examination of four of the Canterbury Tales. The illuminating analysis of the complex use of various kinds of irony in the Miller’s Tale, the Friar’s Tale, the Summoner’s Tale, and the Manciple’s Tale emphasizes aspects of Chaucer’s art that are very acceptable to contemporary. As a result, these essays lead today’s reader towards a fuller understanding of Chaucer’s achievement. Irony in literatureElectronic books.Irony in literature.821/.1Birney Earle1904-1995,456616Rowland BerylMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461003203321Essays on Chaucerian irony2116460UNINA