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Dramatic Irony

Dramatic Irony is a literary and theatrical device in which the audience possesses critical knowledge that the characters within the narrative lack, thereby creating a disparity in awareness that shapes the audience’s interpretive relationship to the unfolding dramatic action.

224

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10.8K

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267

Authors

57

Institutions

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2017–2026

10

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Publications

224

Laughter; An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic

E. B. T., Henri Bergson, Claudesley Brereton et al. · The American Journal of Psychology · 1912 · 819 citations

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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human

Donna R. Cheney, Harold Bloom · Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature · 1999 · 684 citations

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Politeness theory and Shakespeare's four major tragedies

Roger Brown, Albert Gilman · Language in Society · 1989 · 487 citations

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Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic.

Henri Bergson, Claudesley Brereton, Fred Rothwell · The Journal of Philosophy Psychology and Scientific Methods · 1912 · 477 citations

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Comic relief: a comprehensive philosophy of humor

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 377 citations

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Authors

267

  1. JM
    John M. Steadman

    The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, United States

    3 publications · 111 citations

    3

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  2. PG
    Peter Goldie

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 40 citations

    2

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  3. VL
    Valerie L. Gager

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. PL
    Peter L. Berger

    Boston University, United States

    2 publications · 207 citations

    2

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  5. CB
    Claudesley Brereton

    2 publications · 1.3K citations

    2

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Institutions

57

  1. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  2. University of Łódź

    Lodz, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    116 citations

  3. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  4. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

    San Marino, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    74 citations

  5. Aalto University

    Espoo, Finland

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    60 citations

  6. University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  7. University of Macerata

    Macerata, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  8. Western Washington University

    Bellingham, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    108 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 25 publications · 1.7K citations

    21

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  2. The Modern Language Review

    11 publications · 319 citations

    10

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  3. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

    9 publications · 225 citations

    9

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  4. Shakespeare Quarterly

    7 publications · 309 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. Comparative drama

    6 publications · 131 citations

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