my favourite words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, Essays & Letters, Essays
Cover of the book my favourite words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs by Victoria Miguel, The Proconsul Editions
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Victoria Miguel ISBN: 9789491151033
Publisher: The Proconsul Editions Publication: March 31, 2012
Imprint: The Proconsul Editions Language: English
Author: Victoria Miguel
ISBN: 9789491151033
Publisher: The Proconsul Editions
Publication: March 31, 2012
Imprint: The Proconsul Editions
Language: English

My favourite words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs comprises a list of words, phases, and quotations accompanied by stories, anecdotes, and essays that explore the role of language and quotation as material and as method in contemporary writing.

Favourite implies ‘a person or thing regarded with peculiar favour or preferred above all others,’ but its use here forgoes that partiality. The author has mined a broad array of sources, ranging from Ancient Greek to Scots to Warhol to Withnail & I; she treats the esoteric and the familiar with equal significance and delight, presenting them as familiar but nonetheless astonishing friends.

Most writers compile lists of words for reference and use. In this edition, the writer’s vocabulary list becomes more than the mining of lexicography for the perfect, most fitting, most appropriate word. Language and quotation map the topography of intellectual and cultural thought; their treatment in this book reflects an open, supra-historical approach to both reading and writing.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

My favourite words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs comprises a list of words, phases, and quotations accompanied by stories, anecdotes, and essays that explore the role of language and quotation as material and as method in contemporary writing.

Favourite implies ‘a person or thing regarded with peculiar favour or preferred above all others,’ but its use here forgoes that partiality. The author has mined a broad array of sources, ranging from Ancient Greek to Scots to Warhol to Withnail & I; she treats the esoteric and the familiar with equal significance and delight, presenting them as familiar but nonetheless astonishing friends.

Most writers compile lists of words for reference and use. In this edition, the writer’s vocabulary list becomes more than the mining of lexicography for the perfect, most fitting, most appropriate word. Language and quotation map the topography of intellectual and cultural thought; their treatment in this book reflects an open, supra-historical approach to both reading and writing.

More books from Essays

Cover of the book Phone Home Berlin by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Le Turf by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Singles 25 by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Beyond Our Degrees of Separation by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Discours de déception à l'Académie française by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Through the Window by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book De la Maladie morale du XIXe siècle by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book YOU WILL NOT DIE FROM A HEART ATTACK by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Berries of eternity by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Dear Samuel by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Le maître d'école by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Who's on First: Replacement Players in World War II by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Medicine in Translation by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book Simple Things by Victoria Miguel
Cover of the book De la estupidez a la locura by Victoria Miguel
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy