Plain Style by Lasch, Christopher
Plain Style by Lasch, Christopher

Plain Style

Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author...
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Author: Christopher Lasch
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Plain Style by Lasch, Christopher

Plain Style

$48.86
Plain Style by Lasch, Christopher

Plain Style

$48.86
Author: Christopher Lasch
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Plain Style is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism, The True and Only Heaven, and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in typescript as a local classic--a lively, witty, and historically minded alternative to the famous volume by William Strunk and E. B. White, The Elements of Style.

Now available for the first time in published form, Plain Style is fundamentally a clear, readable, practical guide to the timeless principles of effective composition. At the same time, however, in ways that Stewart Weaver explains in his critical introduction, it is a distinctive and revealing addition to the published work of an eminent American thinker. No mere primer, Plain Style is an essay in cultural criticism, a political treatise even, by one for whom directness, clarity, and honesty of expression were essential to the living spirit of democracy.

As the teachers and students who have for years benefited from its succinct wisdom will testify, Plain Style is an indispensable guide to writing and, indeed, Christopher Lasch's least-expected but perhaps most serviceable work.

Author: Christopher Lasch
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 05/03/2002
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.10d
ISBN: 9780812218145


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2002 pg. 1668
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2003 pg. 71 - Strongly Recommended

About the Author
Christopher Lasch (1932-1994) was Professor of History at the University of Rochester. Among his many books are The Culture of Narcissism, The Minimal Self, The True and Only Heaven, and Haven in a Heartless World. Stewart Weaver is Professor of History at the University of Rochester.
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