Simple & Direct - A Rhetoric for Writers

Informationen zum Autor Born in France in 1907, Jacques Barzun came to the United States in 1920. After graduating from Columbia College, he joined the faculty of the university, becoming Seth Low Professor of History and, for a decade, Dean of Faculties and Provost. The author of some thirty books, including the New York Times bestseller From Dawn to Decadence, he received the Gold Medal for Criticism from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, of which he was twice president. He lived in San Antonio, Texas, before passing away at age 104. Klappentext A fter a lifetime of writing and editing prose, Jacques Barzun has set down his view of the best ways to improve one's style. His discussions of diction, syntax, tone, meaning, composition, and revision guide the reader through the technique of making the written word clear and agreeable to read. Exercises, model passages both literary and casual, and hundreds of amusing examples of usage gone wrong show how to choose the right path to self-expression in forceful and distinctive words. Zusammenfassung A fter a lifetime of writing and editing prose! Jacques Barzun has set down his view of the best ways to improve one's style. His discussions of diction! syntax! tone! meaning! composition! and revision guide the reader through the technique of making the written word clear and agreeable to read. Exercises! model passages both literary and casual! and hundreds of amusing examples of usage gone wrong show how to choose the right path to self-expression in forceful and distinctive words.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques Barzun
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.12.2001
• EAN: 9780060937232
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093723-2
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, Language: reference and general, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Writing and editing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, COMPOSITION & WRITING: COMPOSITION, LITERARY CRITICISM: General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Style Manuals, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Composition, REFERENCE: Word Lists, EDUCATION: Reference, The arts: general topics, Composition & Writing / Composition