Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. Introduction: Form and Content, Text and Context 1
5. 1 Juan Rulfo and Fictional Irony 7
6. 2 Centripetal Irony in ‘Nos han dado la tierra’ and ‘El día del derrumbe’ 27
7. 3 Centrifugal Irony and ‘La Unidad Nacional’ 43
8. 4 Ambivalence and the Crisis of the Mimic Man: Irony and Context in ‘Luvina’ 71
9. 5 The Priest of Pedro Páramo: Fetishistic Stereotyping and Positive Iconography 99
10. 6 Pedro Páramo: Irony and Caciquismo 125
11. Conclusion 161
12. Bibliography 165
13. Index 177