A Rhetoric of Irony Book

Preface
Part I. Stable Irony
1. The Ways of Stable Irony The Marks of Stable Irony Stable Irony Compared with "All Literature"
The Four Steps of Reconstruction "
Ironic Readings as Knowledge Meaning and Significance Stable Irony and Other Figures of Speech Metaphor Allegory and Fable 
Puns Stable Irony and Satire
2. Reconstructions and Judgments Rival Metaphors Advantages of "Reconstruction"
Required Judgments Some Pleasures and Pitfalls of Irony
3. Is It Ironic?
Clues to Irony
1. Straightforward Warnings in the Author's Own Voice
2. Known Error Proclaimed
3. Conflicts of Facts within the Work
4. Clashes of Style
5. Conflicts of Belief Toward Genre: Clues in Context
Part II: Learning Where to Stop
4. Essays, Satire, Parody Contexts and the Grooves of Genre Complexity Illustrated
"A Modest Proposal" and the Ironic Sublime Intentions Once Again Intentions in Parody
5. Ironic Portraits Dramatic Monologue Fiction and Drama
"Ready-Made" Values Custom-Built Worlds
6. The Ironist's Voice Other Timbres: Metaphor Once Again Fielding E. M. Forster as Essayist
7. Is There a Standard of Taste in Irony?
Four Levels of Evaluation A. Judging Parts According to Function B. Qualities as Critical Constants C. Success of Particular Works D. Comparison of Kinds The Rhetorical Meeting as Source of Norms Five Crippling Handicaps Ignorance Inability to Pay Attention Prejudice Lack of Practice Emotional Inadequacy Conclusion: Neither Rules nor Relativism
Part III. Instabilities
8. Reconstructing the Unreconstructable: Local Instabilities The Classification of Intended Ironies Stable-Covert-Local Stable-Overt Unstable Irony Unstable-Overt-Local Unstable-Covert-Local
9. Infinite Instabilities Unstable-Overt-Infinite Unstable-Covert-Infinite Stable-Covert-Infinite A Final Note on Evaluation Bibliography Index