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  title info:
    title: Xenophon's other voice
    sub title: irony as social criticism in the 4th century BCE
  name:
    name part: Too, Yun Lee
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2022
    copyright date: 2022
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: vi, 255 pages ; 24 cm.
  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 subtitle 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 among the Greek states. It finally considers Persia, covering Xenophon's depiction of Cyrus the Great and the expedition with Cyrus the Younger.
  note: Yun Lee Too.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Xenophon
    topic: Criticism and interpretation
  subject:
    topic: Irony in literature
  classification: PA4499 .T66 2022
  classification: 938/.007202
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Bloomsbury classical studies monographs
  identifier: 9781350250529
  identifier: 135025052X
  identifier: 9781350250543
  identifier: 9781350250550
  identifier: 2021018840
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 210420
    record change date: 20220105170507.0
    record identifier: in00004362061