Literary Criticism

How to Write a Sentence

“Like a long periodic sentence, this book rumbles along, gathers steam, shifts gears, and packs a wallop.” —Roy Blount Jr. “Language lovers will flock to this homage to great writing.” —Booklist Outspoken New York Times columnist Stanley Fish offers an entertaining, erudite analysis of language and rhetoric in this delightful celebration of the written word. …

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How to Read a Novelist

Alive and well, thank you very much For the last fifteen years, whenever a novel was published, John Freeman was there to greet it