<p>Everyone talks about style, but no one explains it. The authors of this book do; and in doing so, they provoke the reader to consider style, not as an elegant accessory of effective prose, but as its very heart.</p> <p>At a time when writing skills have virtually disappeared, what can be done? If
Clear and Simple as the Truth : Writing Classic Prose
โ Scribed by Thomas, Francis-Noeฬl
- Publisher
- Princeton : Princeton University Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
1 online resource (270 pages)
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<p>For more than a decade, <i>Clear and Simple as the Truth</i> has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noรซl Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In c
<p>For more than a decade, <i>Clear and Simple as the Truth</i> has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noรซl Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In c
<br> <p>For more than a decade, <i>Clear and Simple as the Truth</i> has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noรซl Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skil
<br> <p>For more than a decade, <i>Clear and Simple as the Truth</i> has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noรซl Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skil
<br> <p>For more than a decade, <i>Clear and Simple as the Truth</i> has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noรซl Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skil