Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 7
3. Contents 9
4. I. Irony in the 18th Century 11
5. II. Rhetorical Irony, I: The Ironic Mask 31
6. III. Rhetorical Irony, II: The Techniques of Verbal Irony 65
7. IV. Rhetorical Irony, III: Verbal Irony in Joseph Andrews 91
8. V. Dramatic Irony 126
9. VI. Conclusion 145
10. A Note on the Texts Cited 157
11. Index 158