Farnsworth's Classical English Style

"An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can."--Wall Street Journal Say it...
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Author: Ward Farnsworth
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Farnsworth's Classical English Style by Farnsworth, Ward

Farnsworth's Classical English Style

$54.91

Farnsworth's Classical English Style

$54.91
Author: Ward Farnsworth
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

"An original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can."--Wall Street Journal

Say it with style--on paper or in person. This book explains why the best writing sounds that way, with hundreds of examples from Lincoln, Churchill, Douglass, and other masters of the language. As Farnsworth says, "Explaining a precept may take just a few words, but only examples can make it familiar to the ear. So we will consider examples from writers and orators who all have lessons to teach."

Farnsworth shows how small choices about words, sentences, and paragraphs put force into writing and speech that have stood the test of time. What was the secret? Knowledge of choices in the selection of words, the arrangement of sentences, the creation of a cadence. Now that knowledge can be yours through hundreds of examples of the very best use of rhetorical devices, classical cadence patterns, hyperbole and much more.

This is must for anyone who wants to speak or write with clear, persuasive, enjoyable, unforgettable style. "A storehouse of effective writing, showing the techniques you may freely adapt to make music of your own."--The Baltimore Sun

Author: Ward Farnsworth
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 04/21/2020
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781567926651


Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2021

About the Author
Farnsworth, Ward: -

Ward Farnsworth is Dean of the University of Texas School of Law and author of The Practicing Stoic as well as the Farnsworth Classical English series which includes Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric, Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor, and Farnsworth's Classical English Style--all published by Godine.

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