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- Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor (Farnsworth's Classical E
- ISBN
- 9781567925487
- Publication Name
- Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor
- Item Length
- 9.1in
- Publisher
- Godine Publisher, David R.
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Series
- Farnsworth's Classical English Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Make your writing and speech shine like the sun! Here's the most entertaining and instructive book about both enlivening and clarifying communication with the art of comparison. "Ward Farnsworth is a witty commentator...It's a book to dip in and savor."-- The Boston Globe . The author of Farnsworth's Classical English Style and Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric now provides a wide-ranging, practical, tour of metaphors, arranged by theme. Chapters include Sources & Uses of Comparisons, The Use of Nature to Describe Abstractions, Extreme People & States, Circumstances, Personification, and The Construction of Similes. Using hundreds of examples, Farnsworth demonstrates all the different stylistic ways that points can be unforgettably made. There are quotations from novelists, poets, playwrights, philosophers, and orators--along with commentary on how and why they work to bring power to words both in person and on paper. Farnsworth shows how the best writers have put figurative comparisons to distinctive use--for the sake of caricature, to make an abstract idea visible, to make a complicated idea simple. Writers and speakers, this book will make you a star.
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Godine Publisher, David R.
ISBN-10
1567925480
ISBN-13
9781567925487
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215365270
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Farnsworth's Classical English Metaphor
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Series
Farnsworth's Classical English Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
2
Lc Classification Number
P325.5.M47f35 2015
Reviews
Praise for Ward Farnsworth : Farnsworth''s Classical English Style : "An eloquent study of the very mechanisms of eloquence."--Henry Hitchings "A great and edifying pleasure."--Mark Helprin "A storehouse of effective writing, showing the techniques you may freely adapt to make music of your own." -- The Baltimore Sun "For writers aspiring to master the craft, Farnsworth shows how it''s done. For lovers of language, he provides waves of sheer pleasure."--Steven Pinker Farnsworth''s Classical English Rhetoric : "I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (præteritio) . Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it - and as only he could have written it (symploce) . Buy it and read it - buy it and read it (epimone) ."--Bryan A. Garner, Garner''s Modern English Usage "The most immediate pleasure of this book is that it heightens one''s appreciation of the craft of great writers and speakers. Mr. Farnsworth includes numerous examples from Shakespeare and Dickens, Thoreau and Emerson, Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln. He also seems keen to rehabilitate writers and speakers whose rhetorical artistry is undervalued; besides his liking for Chesterton, he shows deep admiration for the Irish statesman Henry Grattan (1746-1820), whose studied repetition of a word (''No lawyer can say so; because no lawyer could say so without forfeiting his character as a lawyer'') is an instance, we are told, of conduplicatio . But more than anything Mr. Farnsworth wants to restore the reputation of rhetorical artistry per se, and the result is a handsome work of reference."--Henry Hitchings, Wall Street Journal Farnsworth''s Classical English Metaphor : "Ward Farnsworth is a witty commentator...It''s a book to dip in and savor."-- The Boston Globe "Most people will find it a grab-bag of memorable quotations, an ideal browsing book for the nightstand."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "I want this book to be beside my bed for years to come, a treasure-house of the liquid magic of words."--Simon Winchester "A feat of elegant demystification...Farnsworth is able to focus on the finite material of metaphorical referents...a brilliant strategy, both in its utility for writers and the inherent insight Farnsworth''s divisions suggest about metaphors." -Jonathan Russell Clark, The Millions The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User''s Manual : "As befits a good Stoic, Farnsworth''s expository prose exhibits both clarity and an unflappable calm... Throughout The Practicing Stoic , Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. As a result, this isn''t just a book to read--it''s a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity."-- Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "It is reported that upon Seneca''s tomb are written the words, Who''s Minding the Stoa? He would be pleased to know the answer is Ward Farnsworth. "--David Mamet "This is a book any thoughtful person will be glad to have along as a companion for an extended weekend or, indeed, for that protracted journey we call life."-- The New Criterion "This sturdy and engaging introductory text consists mostly of excerpts from the ancient Greek and Roman Stoic philosophers, especially Seneca, Epictetus through his student Arrian, and Marcus Aurelius as well as that trio''s philosophical confreres, from the earlier Hellenic Stoics and Cicero to such contemporaries as Plutarch to moderns, including Montaigne, Adam Smith, and Schopenhauer... A philosophy to live by, Stoicism may remind many of Buddhism and Quakerism, for it asks of practitioners something very similar to what those disciplines call mindfulness."-- Booklist, Praise for Ward Farnsworth : The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User''s Manual : "As befits a good Stoic, Farnsworth''s expository prose exhibits both clarity and an unflappable calm... Throughout The Practicing Stoic , Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. As a result, this isn''t just a book to read--it''s a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity."-- Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "It is reported that upon Seneca''s tomb are written the words, Who''s Minding the Stoa? He would be pleased to know the answer is Ward Farnsworth. "--David Mamet "This is a book any thoughtful person will be glad to have along as a companion for an extended weekend or, indeed, for that protracted journey we call life."-- The New Criterion "This sturdy and engaging introductory text consists mostly of excerpts from the ancient Greek and Roman Stoic philosophers, especially Seneca, Epictetus through his student Arrian, and Marcus Aurelius as well as that trio''s philosophical confreres, from the earlier Hellenic Stoics and Cicero to such contemporaries as Plutarch to moderns, including Montaigne, Adam Smith, and Schopenhauer... A philosophy to live by, Stoicism may remind many of Buddhism and Quakerism, for it asks of practitioners something very similar to what those disciplines call mindfulness."-- Booklist Farnsworth''s Classical English Style : "Mr. Farnsworth has written an original and absorbing guide to English style. Get it if you can."-- Wall Street Journal "For writers aspiring to master the craft, Farnsworth shows how it''s done. For lovers of language, he provides waves of sheer pleasure."--Steven Pinker "An eloquent study of the very mechanisms of eloquence."--Henry Hitchings "A great and edifying pleasure."--Mark Helprin "A storehouse of effective writing, showing the techniques you may freely adapt to make music of your own." -- The Baltimore Sun Farnsworth''s Classical English Rhetoric : "I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (præteritio) . Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it - and as only he could have written it (symploce) . Buy it and read it - buy it and read it (epimone) ."--Bryan A. Garner, Garner''s Modern English Usage "The most immediate pleasure of this book is that it heightens one''s appreciation of the craft of great writers and speakers. Mr. Farnsworth includes numerous examples from Shakespeare and Dickens, Thoreau and Emerson, Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln. He also seems keen to rehabilitate writers and speakers whose rhetorical artistry is undervalued; besides his liking for Chesterton, he shows deep admiration for the Irish statesman Henry Grattan (1746-1820), whose studied repetition of a word (''No lawyer can say so; because no lawyer could say so without forfeiting his character as a lawyer'') is an instance, we are told, of conduplicatio . But more than anything Mr. Farnsworth wants to restore the reputation of rhetorical artistry per se, and the result is a handsome work of reference."--Henry Hitchings, Wall Street Journal Farnsworth''s Classical English Metaphor : "Ward Farnsworth is a witty commentator...It''s a book to dip in and savor."-- The Boston Globe "Most people will find it a grab-bag of memorable quotations, an ideal browsing book for the nightstand."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "I want this book to be beside my bed for years to come, a treasure-house of the liquid magic of words."--Simon Winchester "A feat of elegant demystification...Farnsworth is able to focus on the finite material of metaphorical referents...a brilliant strategy, both in its utility for writers and the inherent insight Farnsworth''s divisions suggest about metaphors."--Jonathan Russell Clark, The Millions, Praise for Ward Farnsworth : The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User''s Manual : "As befits a good Stoic, Farnsworth''s expository prose exhibits both clarity and an unflappable calm... Throughout The Practicing Stoic , Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. As a result, this isn''t just a book to read--it''s a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity."-- Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "It is reported that upon Seneca''s tomb are written the words, Who''s Minding the Stoa? He would be pleased to know the answer is Ward Farnsworth. "--David Mamet "This is a book any thoughtful person will be glad to have along as a companion for an extended weekend or, indeed, for that protracted journey we call life."-- The New Criterion "This sturdy and engaging introductory text consists mostly of excerpts from the ancient Greek and Roman Stoic philosophers, especially Seneca, Epictetus through his student Arrian, and Marcus Aurelius as well as that trio''s philosophical confreres, from the earlier Hellenic Stoics and Cicero to such contemporaries as Plutarch to moderns, including Montaigne, Adam Smith, and Schopenhauer... A philosophy to live by, Stoicism may remind many of Buddhism and Quakerism, for it asks of practitioners something very similar to what those disciplines call mindfulness."-- Booklist Farnsworth''s Classical English Style : "Mr. Farnsworth has written an original and absorbing guide to English style."-- Wall Street Journal "For writers aspiring to master the craft, Farnsworth shows how it''s done. For lovers of language, he provides waves of sheer pleasure."--Steven Pinker "An eloquent study of the very mechanisms of eloquence."--Henry Hitchings "A great and edifying pleasure."--Mark Helprin "A storehouse of effective writing, showing the techniques you may freely adapt to make music of your own." -- The Baltimore Sun Farnsworth''s Classical English Rhetoric : "I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (præteritio) . Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it - and as only he could have written it (symploce) . Buy it and read it - buy it and read it (epimone) ."--Bryan A. Garner, Garner''s Modern English Usage "The most immediate pleasure of this book is that it heightens one''s appreciation of the craft of great writers and speakers. Mr. Farnsworth includes numerous examples from Shakespeare and Dickens, Thoreau and Emerson, Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln. He also seems keen to rehabilitate writers and speakers whose rhetorical artistry is undervalued; besides his liking for Chesterton, he shows deep admiration for the Irish statesman Henry Grattan (1746-1820), whose studied repetition of a word (''No lawyer can say so; because no lawyer could say so without forfeiting his character as a lawyer'') is an instance, we are told, of conduplicatio . But more than anything Mr. Farnsworth wants to restore the reputation of rhetorical artistry per se, and the result is a handsome work of reference."--Henry Hitchings, Wall Street Journal Farnsworth''s Classical English Metaphor : "Ward Farnsworth is a witty commentator...It''s a book to dip in and savor."-- The Boston Globe "Most people will find it a grab-bag of memorable quotations, an ideal browsing book for the nightstand."--Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "I want this book to be beside my bed for years to come, a treasure-house of the liquid magic of words."--Simon Winchester "A feat of elegant demystification...Farnsworth is able to focus on the finite material of metaphorical referents...a brilliant strategy, both in its utility for writers and the inherent insight Farnsworth''s divisions suggest about metaphors."--Jonathan Russell Clark, The Millions, Praise for Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric (Godine, 2016): "I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (præteritio) . Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it - and as only he could have written it (symploce) . Buy it and read it - buy it and read it (epimone) ."--Bryan A. Garner, author of Garner's Modern English Usage "The most immediate pleasure of this book is that it heightens one's appreciation of the craft of great writers and speakers. Mr. Farnsworth includes numerous examples from Shakespeare and Dickens, Thoreau and Emerson, Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln. He also seems keen to rehabilitate writers and speakers whose rhetorical artistry is undervalued; besides his liking for Chesterton, he shows deep admiration for the Irish statesman Henry Grattan (1746-1820), whose studied repetition of a word ("No lawyer can say so; because no lawyer could say so without forfeiting his character as a lawyer") is an instance, we are told, of conduplicatio . But more than anything Mr. Farnsworth wants to restore the reputation of rhetorical artistry per se, and the result is a handsome work of reference." --Henry Hitchings, Wall Street Journal Praise for The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual (Godine, 2018): "As befits a good Stoic, Farnsworth's expository prose exhibits both clarity and an unflappable calm... Throughout The Practicing Stoic , Farnsworth beautifully integrates his own observations with scores of quotations from Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Montaigne and others. As a result, this isn't just a book to read--it's a book to return to, a book that will provide perspective and consolation at times of heartbreak or calamity." -- Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "It is reported that upon Seneca's tomb are written the words, Who's Minding the Stoa? He would be pleased to know the answer is Ward Farnsworth. "--David Mamet "This is a book any thoughtful person will be glad to have along as a companion for an extended weekend or, indeed, for that protracted journey we call life."-- The New Criterion "This sturdy and engaging introductory text consists mostly of excerpts from the ancient Greek and Roman Stoic philosophers, especially Seneca (4 BCE-65), Epictetus (c. 55-135) through his student Arrian, and Marcus Aurelius (121-80) as well as that trio's philosophical confreres, from the earlier Hellenic Stoics and Cicero to such contemporaries as Plutarch to moderns, including Montaigne, Adam Smith, and Schopenhauer... A philosophy to live by, Stoicism may remind many of Buddhism and Quakerism, for it asks of practitioners something very similar to what those disciplines call mindfulness." -- Booklist
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Style Manuals, Leadership, Linguistics / Semantics, General, Word Lists
Lccn
2015-024981
Dewey Decimal
808.8/015
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Education, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines
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