Irony on Occasion: From Schlegel and Kierkegaard to Derrida and de Man

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Irony on Occasion From Schlegel and Kierkegaard to Derrida and de Man Kevin Newmark f o r d h a m u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s n e w y o r k 2 0 1 2 Copyright © 2012 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced , stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Newmark, Kevin, 1951– Irony on occasion : from Schlegel and Kierkegaard to Derrida and de Man / Kevin Newmark. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8232-4012-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8232-4013-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Irony in literature . 2. Irony. 3. Literature—Philosophy. 4. Philosophy in literature. 5. Romanticism. 6. Deconstruction. 7. Criticism. 8. Literature, Modern—History and criticism—Theory, etc. I. Title. II. Title: Schlegel and Kierkegaard to Derrida and de Man. pn56.I65n49 2012 809′.918—dc23 2011037021 Printed in the United States of America 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 First edition ...