Revising prose

Richard A. Lanham

Longman Publishing Group, 2007 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 166 pages

This remarkable little book, intended as a supplement for any course that requires writing, models a clear, step-by-step system for creating straight-forward, concise, intelligible and readable prose.

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Review: Revising Prose

User Review  - Jess - Goodreads

I always enjoy reading Lanham. Revising Prose instructs,inspires, and entertains--the perfect motivation to take his advice to heart in your own writing.

Review: Revising Prose

User Review  - CG Fewston - Goodreads

Brilliant and simple. At times it is extremely repetitive, but for a very strong reason. By thirty pages the reader begins to see the purpose of clear writing and the ambiguity and silliness of the ...

Contents

• Attention: 21
• Voice: 35
• Skotison: 56

About the author

University of California, Los Angeles

Bibliographic information

• Title: Revising prose
• Author: Richard A. Lanham
• Edition: 5, illustrated
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group, 2007
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Mar 6, 2008
• ISBN: 0321441699, 9780321441690
• Length: 166 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing; Language Arts & Disciplines / Editing & Proofreading; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric; Language Arts & Disciplines / Style Manuals; Literary Criticism / General