How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One - Softcover

Fish, Stanley

 
9780061840531: How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
Softcover
ISBN 10: 006184053X ISBN 13: 9780061840531
Verlag: Harper Paperbacks, 2012

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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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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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.

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Verlag
Harper Paperbacks
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
006184053X
ISBN 13 
9780061840531
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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