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The philosophy of style / Herbert Spencer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spencer, Herbert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2012.
- System Details:
- Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 482 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 146 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 482 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 144 KB).
- Summary:
- Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher and prominent social theorist of the Victorian era. In his work The Philosophy of Style he argues that written language should be as easy to understand as possible, allowing for the most effective and efficient possible communication. His suggestions for sentence structure supported ideas on formalist rhetoric.
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen.
- ISBN:
- 9781620113097
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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