Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Irony in the 18th Century -- II. Rhetorical Irony, I: The Ironic Mask -- III. Rhetorical Irony, II: The Techniques of Verbal Irony -- IV. Rhetorical Irony, III: Verbal Irony in Joseph Andrews -- V. Dramatic Irony -- VI. Conclusion -- A Note on the Texts Cited -- Indexweiterlesen