In “Wonderworks,” Fletcher contends that self-satire helped Socrates deal with death.
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Self-Satire’s Medicinal Properties
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Idealism Under Siege, Irony to the Rescue
The Princess Bride, True Love Triumphant In my Tom Jones class earlier this week, one of my students (Erin Hendrix) noted that one of the passages made her think of a scene in the movie The Princess Bride. This led to a discussion of how both works employ irony to help us hold on to […]
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