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035 _a(OCoLC)1004868655
040 _aDE-B1597
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082 0 4 _a808/.042
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aThomas, Francis-Noël
_eautore
245 1 0 _aClear and Simple as the Truth :
_bWriting Classic Prose /
_cFrancis-Noël Thomas, Mark Turner.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©1994
300 _a1 online resource (234 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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490 0 _aPrinceton Legacy Library ;
_v5201
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
_tCLEAR AND SIMPLE AS THE TRUTH --
_tONE: PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIC STYLE --
_tTWO: THE MUSEUM --
_tTHREE: FURTHER READINGS IN CLASSIC PROSE --
_tNOTES --
_tINDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aEveryone talks about style, but no one explains it. The authors of this book do; and in doing so, they provoke the reader to consider style, not as an elegant accessory of effective prose, but as its very heart.At a time when writing skills have virtually disappeared, what can be done? If only people learned the principles of verbal correctness, the essential rules, wouldn't good prose simply fall into place? Thomas and Turner say no. Attending to rules of grammar, sense, and sentence structure will no more lead to effective prose than knowing the mechanics of a golf swing will lead to a hole-in-one. Furthermore, ten-step programs to better writing exacerbate the problem by failing to recognize, as Thomas and Turner point out, that there are many styles with different standards.In the first half of Clear and Simple, the authors introduce a range of styles--reflexive, practical, plain, contemplative, romantic, prophetic, and others--contrasting them to classic style. Its principles are simple: The writer adopts the pose that the motive is truth, the purpose is presentation, the reader is an intellectual equal, and the occasion is informal. Classic style is at home in everything from business memos to personal letters, from magazine articles to university writing.The second half of the book is a tour of examples--the exquisite and the execrable--showing what has worked and what hasn't. Classic prose is found everywhere: from Thomas Jefferson to Junichirō Tanizaki, from Mark Twain to the observations of an undergraduate. Here are many fine performances in classic style, each clear and simple as the truth.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xRhetoric.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xStyle.
650 0 _aExposition (Rhetoric).
650 0 _aReport writing.
650 7 _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric.
_2bisacsh
653 _aAbstraction.
653 _aAccessibility.
653 _aActive voice.
653 _aAllegory.
653 _aAntithesis.
653 _aApproximation.
653 _aAreopagitica.
653 _aClassical language.
653 _aColloquialism.
653 _aConcept.
653 _aConflation.
653 _aCreative nonfiction.
653 _aDeed.
653 _aDistraction.
653 _aDivine providence.
653 _aElizabeth Eisenstein.
653 _aEmpiricism.
653 _aErudition.
653 _aEssay.
653 _aEtiquette.
653 _aFamily resemblance.
653 _aFigure of speech.
653 _aFine art.
653 _aFormality.
653 _aGreatness.
653 _aHandbook.
653 _aHeuristic.
653 _aHilary Putnam.
653 _aHumility.
653 _aIdeogram.
653 _aImage schema.
653 _aInception.
653 _aInformality.
653 _aIngenuity.
653 _aIntrospection.
653 _aInvention.
653 _aIrony.
653 _aJames Thurber.
653 _aJulian Barnes.
653 _aKenneth Burke.
653 _aLady Catherine de Bourgh.
653 _aLettres provinciales.
653 _aLevel of detail.
653 _aLinguistic competence.
653 _aMark Twain.
653 _aMetonymy.
653 _aMr.
653 _aNarrative.
653 _aNew Thought.
653 _aObfuscation.
653 _aOn Truth.
653 _aOptimism.
653 _aOracle.
653 _aParody.
653 _aPeor.
653 _aPersuasive writing.
653 _aPhilosopher.
653 _aPhilosophy.
653 _aPhrase.
653 _aPiety.
653 _aPlain English.
653 _aPlatitude.
653 _aPrima facie.
653 _aPrinting.
653 _aProse.
653 _aProvenance.
653 _aReasonable person.
653 _aReligion.
653 _aResult.
653 _aRhetoric.
653 _aRighteousness.
653 _aRomanticism.
653 _aScience.
653 _aSelf-interest.
653 _aSelfishness.
653 _aSentimentality.
653 _aSilliness.
653 _aSimile.
653 _aSincerity.
653 _aSir Thomas Elyot.
653 _aSkepticism.
653 _aSophistication.
653 _aSpecial pleading.
653 _aSpoken language.
653 _aStandard English.
653 _aSubtitle (captioning).
653 _aSuggestion.
653 _aSuperiority (short story).
653 _aThe Elements of Style.
653 _aThe Other Hand.
653 _aTheorem.
653 _aThought.
653 _aThucydides.
653 _aTreatise.
653 _aUnderstanding.
653 _aUnderstatement.
653 _aVerbosity.
653 _aWhite's.
653 _aWriting style.
653 _aWriting.
700 1 _aTurner, Mark
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
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