Description
Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, Building Great Sentences celebrates the sheer joy of language-and will forever change the way you read and write.
Great writing begins with the sentence. Whether it's two words ("Jesus wept.") or William Faulkner's 1,287-word sentence in Absalom! Absalom!, sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Yet, the sentence-oriented approach to writing is too often overlooked in favor of bland economy. Building Great Sentences teaches you to write better sentences by luxuriating in the pleasures of language.
Award-winning Professor Brooks Landon draws on examples from masters of long, elegant sentences-including Don DeLillo, Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion, and Samuel Johnson-to reveal the mechanics of how language works on thoughts and emotions, providing the tools to write powerful, more effective sentences.
Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, Building Great Sentences celebrates the sheer joy of language-and will forever change the way you read and write.
About the Author
Dr. Brooks Landon is Herman J. and Eileen S. Schmidt Professor of English and Collegiate Fellow at The University of Iowa and Director of the University's General Education Literature Program. He lives in Iowa.
Reviews
"The most erudite, readable book anyone has ever written on the sentence."-Adrian Blevins, associate professor of English, Colby College
"An Elements of Style for the prodigious, Building Great Sentences is a service to writers and a joy to read."-R.M. Berry, professor, Florida State University
Book Information
ISBN 9780452298606
Author Brooks Landon
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Plume
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Weight(grams) 227g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm * 15mm
Great writing begins with the sentence. Whether it's two words ("Jesus wept.") or William Faulkner's 1,287-word sentence in Absalom! Absalom!, sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Yet, the sentence-oriented approach to writing is too often overlooked in favor of bland economy. Building Great Sentences teaches you to write better sentences by luxuriating in the pleasures of language.
Award-winning Professor Brooks Landon draws on examples from masters of long, elegant sentences-including Don DeLillo, Virginia Woolf, Joan Didion, and Samuel Johnson-to reveal the mechanics of how language works on thoughts and emotions, providing the tools to write powerful, more effective sentences.
Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, Building Great Sentences celebrates the sheer joy of language-and will forever change the way you read and write.
About the Author
Dr. Brooks Landon is Herman J. and Eileen S. Schmidt Professor of English and Collegiate Fellow at The University of Iowa and Director of the University's General Education Literature Program. He lives in Iowa.
Reviews
"The most erudite, readable book anyone has ever written on the sentence."-Adrian Blevins, associate professor of English, Colby College
"An Elements of Style for the prodigious, Building Great Sentences is a service to writers and a joy to read."-R.M. Berry, professor, Florida State University
Book Information
ISBN 9780452298606
Author Brooks Landon
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Plume
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Weight(grams) 227g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm * 15mm
