TY  - BOOK
AU  - Konstantinou,Lee
TI  - Cool Characters: Irony and American Fiction 
SN  - 9780674967885
AV  - BH301.I7 K66 2016
U1  - 813/.540918 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Counterculture
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Irony in literature
KW  - Irony
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Politics and culture
KW  - Postmodernism (Literature)
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction. The Character of Irony --; Part I. Irony --; 1. The Hipster as Critic --; 2. Punk’s Positive Dystopia --; Part II. Postirony --; 3. How to Be a Believer --; 4. The Work of the Coolhunter --; Conclusion. Manic Pixie Dream Occupier --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Lee Konstantinou examines irony in American literary and political life, showing how it migrated from the countercultural margins of the 1950s to the 1980s mainstream. Along the way, irony was absorbed into postmodern theory and ultimately become a target of recent writers who have moved beyond its limitations with a practice of “postirony.”
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969490
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674969490
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674969490/original
ER  -