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stable irony: a standalone construct

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Literary theory

irony that is intended, covert and fixed, so that once readers reconstruct the hidden meaning they are not invited to undermine it further.

In literary theory, stable irony refers to irony that is intended, covert and fixed, so that once readers reconstruct the hidden meaning they are not invited to undermine it further. This meaning comes from Booth (1974) in A rhetoric of irony.[1]

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  1. Booth, W. C. (1974). A rhetoric of irony. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226065533

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