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On postmodern irony

25 Monday Feb 2013

Posted by Sisyphus in Art, Literature, Pebbles

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irony in literature, Postmodernism

If, as Calasso claims, parodic irony appears as early as in Lautréamont then postmodernism itself is nothing more than an uncreative regurgitation of a prior art.

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On literate postmodernism

13 Wednesday Jun 2012

Posted by Sisyphus in Literature

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Books, irony in literature

Irony in literature is seasoning; too much and one risks indigestibility.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

- John 8:32

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