Style and Statement - Couverture souple

Corbett; Connors

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195115430 ISBN 13 : 9780195115437

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Developed from the very popular fourth chapter of the authors' Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, 4th ed., Style and Statement is a concise introduction to the components of effective style as they were first defined by classical rhetoricians and as they apply to writing today. An essential reference for students and all writers, it incorporates numerous lively exercises that emphasize the contemporary applications of classic styles. The book opens with an extended discussion of diction and continues with an analysis of sentence composition and Professor Corbett's famous numerical style studies, which unite the principles of diction and sentence organization. Its catalogue of figures of speech is exceptionally comprehensive and includes definitions of the classic tropes. A practical application of imitation as a means of developing style introduces the final section of the text, which consists of the analysis of selected short readings ranging from an eighteenth-century work by Hugh Blair to John F. Kennedy's inaugural address.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Style and Statement is a brief text on style for use in courses of advanced composition. It is a reprint of a very popular advanced text on rhetoric --- Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Users of this book have consistently praised the chapter on style for its adaptation of classical principles of style to contemporary writing and for its lively exercises that emphasize the practical application of these principles. This brief text will become an essential reference for every writer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195115430
• ISBN 13: 9780195115437
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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