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The Use and Abuse of the English Language

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This witty, learned, entertaining, and enlightening book by two masters of English prose is an invaluable guide for anyone who has to writeor teachEnglish on any level. The authors offer a survey of English prose from Alfred's translation of Boethius in 880 to James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. Graves and Hodge select passages for improvement from the works of fifty eminent writers, including Earl Baldwin, George Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, T.S. Eliot, H.G. Wells, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, and Ezra Pound.

Language: English

Pages: 290

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: June 08, 1995

ISBN: 1569248494

ISBN 13: 9781569248492

The Use and Abuse of the English Language

3.5/5 ( ratings)

This witty, learned, entertaining, and enlightening book by two masters of English prose is an invaluable guide for anyone who has to writeor teachEnglish on any level. The authors offer a survey of English prose from Alfred's translation of Boethius in 880 to James Joyce and Gertrude Stein. Graves and Hodge select passages for improvement from the works of fifty eminent writers, including Earl Baldwin, George Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, T.S. Eliot, H.G. Wells, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, and Ezra Pound.

Language: English

Pages: 290

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: June 08, 1995

ISBN: 1569248494

ISBN 13: 9781569248492

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