How to write a sentence: and how to read one.

Fish, Stanley E., 1938-

ISBN 10: 006184053X / ISBN 13: 9780061840531

Published by Harper, New York, 2012

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PAPERBACK, cover price $14.99, near fine. FISH, STANLEY E. How to write a sentence: and how to read one. New York: Harper, 2012, later printing, 165pp., . CONTENTS: Why sentences? -- Why you won't find the answer in Strunk and White -- It's not the thought that counts -- What is a good sentence? -- The subordinating style -- The additive style -- The satiric style : the return of content -- First sentences -- Last sentences -- Sentences that are about themselves (aren't they all?). ISBN 9780061840531 5.00.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to write a sentence: and how to read one.
• Publisher: Harper, New York
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006184053X
• ISBN 13: 9780061840531
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 5 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary-Theory-US

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Synopsis

New York Times Bestseller

“Both deeper and more democratic than The Elements of Style” —Adam Haslett, Financial Times

“A guided tour through some of the most beautiful, arresting sentences in the English language.” —Slate

In this entertaining and erudite gem, world-class professor and New York Times columnist Stanley Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader).

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. Drawing on a wide range of great writers, from Philip Roth to Antonin Scalia to Jane Austen, How to Write a Sentence is much more than a writing manual—it is 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 the Author

Stanley Fish is a professor of law at Florida International University in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He has also taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, and Duke University. He is the author of fourteen books, most recently Fugitive in Flight and Save the World on Your Own Time. He lives in Andes, New York, and New York City.