Cool Characters: Irony and American Fiction, by Lee Konstantinou

Robert Eaglestone admires the reasoning applied in the description of this moment as ‘postirony’

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April 28, 2016
Last updated
April 28, 2016
Robert Eaglestone
Crowd of student protestors at outdoor demonstration
Source: David Shankbone
Of the moment: ‘the book ends with a tentative but thoughtful account of the Occupy movement’, says Robert Eaglestone

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Print headline: Not what you say, but what you are

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