The Wordsworth Book of Usage & Abusage
Author | : Eric Partridge |
Publisher | : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781853263460 |
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Author | : Eric Partridge |
Publisher | : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781853263460 |
Author | : Eric Partridge |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780393317091 |
A handbook of advice on the proper use of the English language. Includes a section on vogue words that have acquired a power and influence beyond what they originally possessed.
Author | : Marjorie Garber |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2012-04-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0307277127 |
In this deep and engaging meditation on the usefulness and uselessness of reading in the digital age, Harvard English professor Marjorie Garber aims to reclaim “literature” from the periphery of our personal, educational, and professional lives and restore it to the center, as a radical way of thinking. But what is literature anyway, how has it been understood over time, and what is its relevance for us today? Who gets to decide what the word means? Why has literature been on the defensive since Plato? Does it have any use at all, other than serving as bourgeois or aristocratic accoutrements attesting to one’s worldly sophistication and refinement of spirit? What are the boundaries that separate it from its “commercial” instance and from other more mundane kinds of writing? Is it, as most of us assume, good to read, much less study—and what would that mean?
Author | : Geoffrey H. Hartman |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 145290121X |
Author | : Eric Partridge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 389 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780140512816 |
A paperback version of the updated edition of Eric Partridge's classic text published by Hamish Hamilton in 1994, examining the use of language in everyday life, and now reflecting the language of the 1990s. First published in 1942.
Author | : Les Harding |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2015-01-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476608385 |
Christianity abounds with fascinating, little-known trivia. Gas station attendants, for example, enjoy their own patron saint. So do stamp collectors, truss makers and sailors in the Bolivian navy. Jesus and Judas were common names in the biblical period, and Jesus of Nazareth had a brother named Judas. The forbidden fruit was more likely an apricot than an apple, and Delilah hired a barber to cut Sampson's hair. This dictionary of miscellany combs the annals of Christian esoterica, offering the most intriguing facts that are often forgotten, overlooked or ignored. Departing from the standard subject matter, this work serves as an unruly companion to the typical Bible dictionary. Nearly 1500 entries range from Aaron's beard (a popular name for Saint John's wort) to zounds (an antiquated Christian swear word). Information is cross-referenced and includes numerous quotations.
Author | : David Ess |
Publisher | : David Sneed |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0615531199 |
Author | : Gary James Jason |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 2022-01-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1770488324 |
The Critical Thinking Book covers not only standard topics such as definitions, fallacies, and argument identification, but also other pertinent themes such as consumer choice in a market economy and political choice in a representative democracy. Interesting historical asides are included throughout, as are images, diagrams, and reflective questions. A wealth of exercises is provided, both within the text and on a supplemental website for instructors.
Author | : Don M. Aycock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780882706955 |
Author | : Jacques Barzun |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2020-07-21 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0691216339 |
From the celebrated cultural historian and bestselling author, a provocative history of the evolution of our ideas about art since the early nineteenth century In this witty, provocative, and learned book, acclaimed cultural historian and writer Jacques Barzun traces our changing attitudes to the arts over the past 150 years, suggesting that we are living in a period of cultural liquidation, nothing less than the ending of the modern age that began with the Renaissance. He challenges our conceptions and misconceptions about art “in order to reach a conclusion about its value and its drawbacks for life at the present time.”