The Noose of Words - Readings of Desire, Violence and Language in Euripides' Hippolytos

This 1990 book is a reading of Euripides' Hippolytos, accessible to both classicists and students of drama and literary theory.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Greek terms; 1. Speech and silence; 2. Desire; 3. Violence; 4. Imitation and authority; 5. The end; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This 1990 book is a reading of Euripides' Hippolytos. Dr Goff approaches the play through the techniques of modern literary criticism, including deconstruction and feminism and is able to shed light on this influential text through her analysis of the language of the play.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Goff, Barbara E. Goff
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2013
• EAN: 9780521363976
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36397-6
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 387 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies