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Richard A. Lanham is professor emeritus of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and president of Rhetorica, Inc., a consulting and editorial services company. He is the author of numerous books on writing, including A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms, Analyzing Prose, The Electronic Word, and most recently, The Economics of Attention.

About the Author

Richard A. Lanham is professor emeritus of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and president of Rhetorica, Inc., a consulting and editorial services company. He is the author of numerous books, including A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms, Analyizing Prose, The Electronic Word. His most recent book, The Economics of Attention, was published by the University of Chicago Press.

出版者:Consortium Book Sales & Dist

作者:Lanham, Richard A.

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页数:212

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出版时间:2007-7

价格:$ 16.89

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9781589880320

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英语写作
Writing
标题有趣
lit
2016

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Book Description

"A necessary manual for those interested in the perpetuation, and the possibilities, of good English prose."-Harper's Magazine

"[Lanham's] style is notable for its audacity, liveliness, and grace."-The Times Literary Supplement

"The most applicably provocative book on the subject of prose style available. Imperative reading for all teachers and students of writing."-Choice

This humorous and accessible classic on style calls for the return of wordplay and delight to writing instruction. Richard Lanham argues that many tomes on writing, with their trio of platitudes-clarity, plainness, sincerity-lie "upon the spirit like wet cardboard."

People seldom write to be clear. They have designs on their fellow men. Pure prose is as rare as pure virtue, and for the same reasons. . . . The Books [Lanham's term for misguided composition textbooks], written for a man and world yet unfallen, depict a ludicrous process like this: "I have an idea. I want to present this gift to my fellow man. I fix this thought clearly in mind. I follow the rules. Out comes a prose that gift-wraps thought in transparent paper." If this sounds like a travesty, it's because it is one. Yet it dominates prose instruction in America.