Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. 1 Modernism and Postmodernism in Contemporary Thought 1
6. 2 The Rise of Literary Modernism in the Romantic Age 37
7. 3 Irony in the Ancient and the Modern World 73
8. 4 Irony and Self-Referentiality 111
9. Index of Names 151