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Words on the air : essays on language, manners, morals, and laws / John Sparrow.
LIBRA AC8 .S6588
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sparrow, John, 1906-1992.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 263 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.
- Summary:
- Proper words in proper places, remarked Dean Swift, make the true definition of style. According to this definition, John Sparrow fully qualifies as a stylist. His skillful compound of wit, pungency, and accurate observation, his irreverence, his ear for language and hatred of cant are unsurpassed. This book brings together pieces broadcast by the BBC, a series of lectures at the University of Chicago, and, even, a university sermon. It proves that John Sparrow is one of those rare people whose spoken words lose none of their power when translated to the printed page.
- ISBN:
- 0226768511 :
- OCLC:
- 7459780
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