Download or read book Irony and Consciousness written by Richard Reinitz and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the argument that the growth in the use of Niebuhrian irony in American historical writing is an indication of the developing maturation of American historical consciousness. This book asserts a secular, comprehensive, ironic interpretation of the American past that has never been presented.