Irony

“Irony is the refreshing and consistent noncoincidence of what is in our heads with what is the case. Far from being a symptom of political or spiritual burn-out, it is the oil that keeps the engine running” (Morton 2007, 193).

“On this point of productive irony, I believe [Morton] opens up the possibility of an escape from the charge often levelled at nature writing (both the discipline of ecocriticism and, by association, creative writing itself) that is of earnestness” (Patrizio 2019, 12).