How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One - Hardcover

Fish, Stanley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061840548 ISBN 13: 9780061840548

Publisher: Harper, 2011

Synopsis

Title: How to Write a Sentence <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: Stanley Fish <>Publisher: Harper Collins World

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Review:

'...Last month in the US, the influential critic Stanley Fish published a contemporary variation on an old theme with How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One. All his career, Fish has grappled with one question: how do forms of writing produce forms of thought? His new book is really a long, and very interesting, footnote to that endeavour...' --The Guardian, February 2011

'In learning how to master the art of putting words together, the trick is to concentrate on technique and not content. Substance comes second...' --New Statesman, February 2011

From the Back Cover:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0061840548
• ISBN 13: 9780061840548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 165