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Xenophon's Other Voice - Irony as Social Criticism in the 4th Century BCE (Hardcover)
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Xenophon's Other Voice - Irony as Social Criticism in the 4th Century BCE (Hardcover)
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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.
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