Tag Archives: Irony

Self-Satire’s Medicinal Properties

By Robin Bates | Published: October 23, 2023

In “Wonderworks,” Fletcher contends that self-satire helped Socrates deal with death.

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Idealism Under Siege, Irony to the Rescue

By Robin Bates | Published: October 29, 2009

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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