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How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

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

by Stanley Fish
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stanley FishPublish date:2012-08-07Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PaperbacksISBN-13:9780061840531ISBN-10:006184053XUPC:9780061840531Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Writing, Rhetoric, Reading SkillsBook Topic:Nonfiction (Incl. Memoirs)Size:8.00 x 5.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCZFKRPYRG

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PaperbacksISBN-13:9780061840531ISBN-10:006184053XUPC:9780061840531Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Writing, Rhetoric, Reading SkillsBook Topic:Nonfiction (Incl. Memoirs)Size:8.00 x 5.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCZFKRPYRG
Fish, Stanley: -

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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