Rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning
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Irony
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The alluring problem : an essay on irony / D.J. Enright.
Enright, D. J. (Dennis Joseph), 1920-2002.Date: 1988, ©1986
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An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by A.M.D. after R. Newton.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Reference: 11219i
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A legless beggar asking the Wandering Jew for alms in a Spanish square. Etching by Frederick Carter, 1928.
Carter, Frederick.Date: 1928Reference: 44343i
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An obese physician pleased with the progress of his emaciated terminally ill patient. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813?, after R. Newton.
Newton, Richard, 1777-1798.Date: 1813Reference: 11218i