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[ SOLD OUT ] LONG, A.A., Language and Thought in Sophocles. A study of abstract nouns and poetic technique. Athlone Press, University of London, 1968. XIV,186p. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. spine gilt titled. Cover slightly stained. fore edge with a few light rust stains. 'A mechanical approach to such a topic might be unrewarding, or at least dull, but Dr. Long’s little book is both valuable and fascinating. He has not only the technical equipment, but also the feeling for style that the task demands, and he writes so clearly and elegantly that his book makes most agreeable reading. (…) Long observes that Sophocles increased use of abstract nouns in his later work reflects a general development in Greek during his lifetime, and that some features of it are paralleled only in Thucydides and other contemporary prose writers.' (HUGH LLOYD-JONES in The Classical Review (New Series), 1969, p.34-35). (Antiquarian) (approx. delivery time: undeliverable) ISBN: 9780485137064