Building Great Sentences

How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read

Brooks Landon

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English

Plume
21 August 2013

Language: reference & general; Creative writing & creative writing guides; Writing & editing guides; Writing skills

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.

By: Brooks Landon
Imprint: Plume
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 232g
ISBN: 9780452298606
ISBN 10: 0452298601
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 21 August 2013
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 for Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read

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