How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
Harper Paperbacks
ISBN13:
9780061840531
$14.92
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.
- | Author: Stanley Fish
- | Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
- | Publication Date: August 07, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 176 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 006184053X
- | ISBN-13: 9780061840531
- Author:
- Stanley Fish
- Publisher:
- Harper Paperbacks
- Publication Date:
- August 07, 2012
- Number of pages:
- 176 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 006184053X
- ISBN-13:
- 9780061840531