LANGUAGE AND CHARACTER IN EURIPIDES' ELECTRA

First edition. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh, with a little bumping to the spine. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper, which is without fading, loss, or tears.

'This study of Euripides' Electra approaches the text through the lens of modern linguistics, marrying it with traditional literary criticism in order to provide new and informative means of analysing and interpreting what is considered to be one of the playwright's most controversial works. It is the first systematic attempt to apply a variety of modern linguistic theories - including conversation analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics (on gender and politeness), paroemiology, and discourse studies - to a single Greek tragedy' (publisher's blurb).