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

Fish, Stanley

How to write a sentence : and how to read one / Stanley Fish - 1st ed. - [New York] : HarperCollins, [2011] - 165 p. ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader). His vibrant analysis takes us on a literary tour of great writers throughout history—from William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Henry James to Martin Luther King Jr., Antonin Scalia, and Elmore Leonard. Indeed, 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

9780061840548 . 9780061840548 . £12.99


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