Verfasst von:	Too, Yun Lee [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Xenophon's other voice
Titelzusatz:	irony as social criticism in the 4th century BCE
Verf.angabe:	Yun Lee Too
Verlagsort:	London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney
Verlag:	Bloomsbury Academic
Jahr:	2022
Umfang:	vi, 255 Seiten
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-350-25052-9
Abstract:	"This volume explores irony - in its essence, saying other than one actually means - in the collected works of Xenophon. Xenophon's Other Voice argues that there are two voices in the author: one ostensible at the level of the literal text, which is available to everyone, while the sub-title designates the other voice, which is less obvious to the reader and indeed, an ironic one. It presents a unified view of the author's entire corpus and argues that the function of Xenophontic irony is to offer critiques of the societies in which he finds himself. Rejecting both non-ironic and Straussian interpretations of Xenophon's writings, Yun Lee Too offers a wholly original perspective on the contemporary debate of how he should be read, which is underpinned by a series of incisive readings of the individual works. Beginning with Xenophon's representation of an ironic Socrates, who condemns the contemporary city and its more prominent citizens, the book moves on to consider how the author develops his own approach to irony. He deploys irony to criticize aspects of Athenian society, such as its understanding of wealth, its armed forces and sophistic education. The book then turns to his treatment of other Hellenic societies, including the Spartan city-state and laws, kingship in Syracuse and war amongst the Greek states. It finally considers Persia, covering Xenophon's depiction of Cyrus the Great and the expedition with Cyrus the Younger"--
URL:	Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1758683554inh.htm
Schlagwörter:	(p)Xenophon    / (s)Ironie
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Too, Yun Lee: Xenophon's other voice. - New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021 |(DLC)2021018841
RVK-Notation:	FH 28445
K10plus-PPN:	1758683554