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Beyond Irony: The Unnamable's Appropriation of Its Critics in a Humorous Reading of the Text
Jennifer M. Jeffers
- Vol. 25, Iss: 1, pp 47
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Beyond irony: The Unnamable's Appropriation of Its Critics in a Humorous Reading of the Text as mentioned in this paper... The Journal of Narrative Technique Vol. 25, No. 1, 1995, 47-66, which has been published in final form at https://www.emich.edu/english/jnt/vol25.html.Abstract:
Follow this and additional works at: http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cleng_facpub Part of the Literature in English, British Isles Commons Publisher's Statement This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: "Beyond Irony: The Unnamable's Appropriation of Its Critics in a Humorous Reading of the Text," The Journal of Narrative Technique (The Journal of Narrative Theory). Vol. 25, No. 1, 1995, 47-66, which has been published in final form at https://www.emich.edu/english/jnt/vol25.html.read more
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