How to Write a Sentence
And How to Read One
1st Edition
Published on 25. January 2011
128 pages
978-0-06-200685-1 (ISBN)
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.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Why Sentences?
- Chapter 2 - Why You Won't Find the Answer in Strunk and White
- Chapter 3 - It's Not The Thought That Counts
- Chapter 4 - What Is a Good Sentence?
- Chapter 5 - The Subordinating Style
- Chapter 6 - The Additive Style
- Chapter 7 - The Satiric Style: The Return of Content
- Chapter 8 - First Sentences
- Chapter 9 - Last Sentences
- Chapter 10 - Sentences That Are About Themselves (Aren't They All?)
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author
- Also by Stanley Fish
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
