A Matter of Style On Writing and Technique |
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| Author:
| Clark, Matthew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-541762-3 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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An Essay on Style is a book on writing with style for students and writers who already have good basic skills and are looking for help with more advanced techniques. Clark begins with the small and ends with the large. He progresses from grammar, word arrangement, and rhythm, through ornate style, figures of speech, and parallelism, to sentance, paragraphs, and the structure and conventions of novels. His method throughout is descriptive rather thanprescriptive: he illustrates his...
More DescriptionAn Essay on Style is a book on writing with style for students and writers who already have good basic skills and are looking for help with more advanced techniques. Clark begins with the small and ends with the large. He progresses from grammar, word arrangement, and rhythm, through ornate style, figures of speech, and parallelism, to sentance, paragraphs, and the structure and conventions of novels. His method throughout is descriptive rather thanprescriptive: he illustrates his points by examples drawn from literature, and refrains from elaborate systems of his own construction. Assuming his readers know the basics of grammar and style, Clark provides anengaging essay on the importance of style for the serious writer and experienced editor.