Revising Prose - Softcover

Lanham, R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684159872 ISBN 13: 9780684159874

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979

Synopsis

As its title implies, this book deals with revising, not with original composition. Revising Prose enables students to work on their own at steady, detailed revision. Stressing the importance of the single sentence, “The Paramedic Method” of revision provides students with an easily learned method of revision to combat the obscurities of meaning that plague “The Official Style,” and demonstrates how to revise this stilted, dense prose into plain English. This text has been used with success at every level of higher education, in all disciplines, wherever extensive writing is required. An accompanying 30-minute Revising Prose Video, as well as a Set of Interactive Revision Exercises, are available from Rhetorica, Inc. for an additional fee.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This remarkable little book, intended as a supplement for any course that requires writing, models a clear, step-by-step system for creating straight-forward, concise, intelligible and readable prose.

About the Author:

University of California, Los Angeles

About this edition

• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0684159872
• ISBN 13: 9780684159874
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126