How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One.

Fish, Stanley:

ISBN 10: 006184053X / ISBN 13: 9780061840531

Editore: New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Harper, 2012

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165 p. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar, lediglich minimale Randläsuren / A good and clean copy, only minimal edgewear. - CONTENTS one Why Sentences? two Why You Won't Find the Answer in Strunk and White three It's Not the Thought That Counts four What Is a Good Sentence? five The Subordinating Style six The Additive Style seven The Satiric Style: The Return of Content eight First Sentences nine Last Sentences ten Sentences That Are About Themselves (Aren t They All?) Epilogue Acknowledgments Index. ISBN 9780061840531 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 139. Codice articolo 1228067

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Titolo: How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One.

Casa editrice: New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Harper

Data di pubblicazione: 2012

Legatura: Paperback.

Condizione: Gut

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New York Times Bestseller

“Both deeper and more democratic than The Elements of Style” —Adam Haslett, Financial Times

“A guided tour through some of the most beautiful, arresting sentences in the English language.” —Slate

In this entertaining and erudite gem, world-class professor and New York Times columnist Stanley Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader).

Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptness of finely crafted sentences and breaks them down into digestible morsels, giving readers an instant play-by-play. Drawing on a wide range of great writers, from Philip Roth to Antonin Scalia to Jane Austen, How to Write a Sentence is much more than a writing manual—it is a spirited love letter to the written word, and a key to understanding how great writing works. It is a book that will stand the test of time.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Stanley Fish is a professor of law at Florida International University in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He has also taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, and Duke University. He is the author of fourteen books, most recently Fugitive in Flight and Save the World on Your Own Time. He lives in Andes, New York, and New York City.