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Vernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing
Peter Elbow
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Description for Vernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing
Paperback. A writing guide for the twenty-first century, Vernacular Eloquence explores how the variety of ways the spoken word can enhance the written word, drawing on examples from blogs, email, and other recent trends. Num Pages: 456 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; CFB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized the way we think about writing. As a theorist, teacher, and uncommonly engaging writer himself, he has long championed our innate ability to write effectively. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, Elbow turns his attention to the role of the spoken word in writing. He begins by questioning the basic cultural assumption that speaking and writing are two very different, incompatible modes of expression, and that we should keep them separate. The book explores the many linguistic and rhetorical virtues of speech--spontaneity, ... Read more
Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized the way we think about writing. As a theorist, teacher, and uncommonly engaging writer himself, he has long championed our innate ability to write effectively. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, Elbow turns his attention to the role of the spoken word in writing. He begins by questioning the basic cultural assumption that speaking and writing are two very different, incompatible modes of expression, and that we should keep them separate. The book explores the many linguistic and rhetorical virtues of speech--spontaneity, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199782512
SKU
V9780199782512
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About Peter Elbow
Peter Elbow is Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he also directed the Writing Program from 1996 until 2000. He is the author of Writing Without Teachers (Oxford UP 1973), Writing With Power (Oxford UP 1981), Embracing Contraries (Oxford UP, 1986), Everyone Can Write (Oxford UP, 2000), and Being A Writer (McGraw-Hill, 2002).
Reviews for Vernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing
Elbow is his own best argument for speaking onto the page: His voice is both authoritative and affable, conversational and professorial.
Erin McKean, International Herald Tribune
Erin McKean, International Herald Tribune