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The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase

Autor Mark Forsyth
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 sep 2014
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THESUNDAY TIMESNUMBER ONE BESTSELLERTHE ETYMOLOGICON. 

‘An informative but highly entertaining journey through the figures of rhetoric … Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also writes beautifully.’ David Marsh,Guardian

Mark Forsyth presents the secret of writing unforgettable phrases, uncovering the techniques that have made immortal such lines as ‘To be or not to be’ and ‘Bond. James Bond.’ 

In his inimitably entertaining and witty style, he takes apart famous quotations and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde or John Lennon.

 Crammed with tricks to make the most humdrum sentiments seem poetic or wise,The Elements of Eloquencereveals how writers through the ages have turned humble words into literary gold – and how you can do the same.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781848317338
ISBN-10: 1848317336
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Icon Books Ltd
Colecția Icon Books Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Mark Forsythis a blogger and author who was given a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary as a christening present and has never looked back. In 2009, he started the Inky Fool blog in order to share his heaps of useless information with a verbose world. His books have made him one of the UK’s best-known commentators on words. Follow Mark on Twitter @inkyfool.

Recenzii

'Sparkling ... the book offers many pleasures ... I laughed out loud.'
'An informative but highly entertaining journey through the figures of rhetoric … Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also writes beautifully.'

Descriere

Mark Forsyth’s ‘sparkling’ (Charles Moore, Daily Telegraph) and idiosyncratically brilliant third book.