Clear and Simple as the Truth
Writing Classic Prose - Second Edition
For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In classic style, the motive is truth, the purpose is presentation, the reader and writer are intellectual equals, and the occasion is informal. This general style of presentation is at home everywhere, from business memos to personal letters and from magazine articles to student essays. Everyone talks about style, but no one explains it. The authors of this boo…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Turner, Mark
- ISBN: 978-0-691-14743-7
- EAN: 9780691147437
- Produktnummer: 10713898
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.0 cm 374 g
- Auflage: 2 Revised edition
- Abbildungen: 1 line illus.
- Gewicht: 374
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Francis-Nöel Thomas is professor emeritus of humanities at Truman College, City Colleges of Chicago. Mark Turner is Institute Professor and professor of cognitive science at Case Western Reserve University.
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