How to Write a Sentence
And How to Read One
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Product details:
- Edition number Reprint
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks
- Date of Publication 7 August 2012
- ISBN 9780061840531
- Binding Paperback
- See also 9780061840548
- No. of pages176 pages
- Size 203x134x10 mm
- Weight 136 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The New York Times columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language. 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. In this entertaining and erudite gem, Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader). How to Write a Sentence is both 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.
MoreLong description:
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
"Like a long periodic sentence, this book rumbles along, gathers steam, shifts gears, and packs a wallop."
-Roy Blount Jr.
In this entertaining and erudite New York Times bestseller, beloved professor Stanley Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure. 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.
"Both deeper and more democratic than The Elements of Style." Financial Times
