Description
A thoughtful and illuminating exploration of how sentence structure shapes meaning, rhythm, emphasis, and voice, this book invites writers to see syntax as an essential element of style rather than a set of rigid rules. Drawing on a wide-ranging selection of literary examples, it reveals how choices in phrasing and arrangement can convey movement, tension, intimacy, authority, and surprise. Both practical and richly informed, the work offers writers, teachers, and attentive readers a deeper understanding of what sentences can accomplish. Its distinctive insight into syntax as a form of symbolism makes it an enduring guide to the art of writing.
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paperback
Graphics Press
Published Jan 1, 2006
308 pages
ISBN: 9780961392185
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First Published
2006
Language
eng
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