“Irony and Charity Are Met Together”
A Puzzle in Margaret Roper’s Letter to Alice Alington
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20145670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua Avery (0000-0002-6945-2457, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 46 (Number 176) |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-76 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Moreana (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-8105 • E-ISSN: 2398-4961 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/more.2009.46.1.8 |
| OpenAlex | W2465304445 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This study draws upon the Platonic dialogue tradition as a background for interpreting the conversation between More and his daughter Margaret Roper, as depicted in Margaret’s letter to Alice Alington. With an eye to the famously ironic Socrates, this article will propose the interpretation of a puzzling statement regarding More’s apparent good faith in the sincerity of others who have reversed their positions regarding the problematic oath. Is More expressing ironic distance or straightforward charity in his ambiguous language? The argument is that More, utilizing his legal and literary skills, carefully crafts a rhetoric that paradoxically joins remarkable charity with worldly-wise irony
Alice (programming language) · Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Art history · Conversation · Epistemology · Faith · Interpretation (philosophy) · Irony · Linguistics · Literature · Oath · Political science · Rhetoric · Sincerity · SOCRATES · Statement (logic) · Theology · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |