The Elements Of Style - Softcover

Strunk, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 935128560X ISBN 13: 9789351285601

Publisher: Gyan Books, 2017

Synopsis

ABOUT THE BOOK:- The original "Elements of Style" was a text book written by William Strunk, Jr. for his Cornell English Class. It contains eight rules of uses, ten rules of composition, some notes on miscellaneous matters of form in writing (such as headings, numerals, and quotations), and list of commonly misused and misspelled words. In 1957, after strunk's death, it was extensively revised by his former student E.B. White, best known today for his children's book. White expanded the original section and added an additional section on style. The first section on basic grammar rules is the most susceptible to the English textbook problem. It is with the second section that "The Elements of Style" leaves ground well-trod by grammar texts and becomes a work of art. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- William Strunk, Jr. (1869-1946) was an American professor of English at Cornell University. Strunk first taught mathematics at Rose Polytechnical Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1890-91. He then taught English at Cornell for 46 years, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, disdaining specialization and becoming an expert in both classical and non-English literature. In 1922 he published "English Metres", a study of poetic metrical form, and he compiled critical editions of Cynewulf's Juliana, several works of Dryden, James Fenimore Cooper's "Last of the Mohican", and several Shakespearean plays. Strunk was also active in gathering known as the Manuscript club. In 1918, Strunk privately published "The Elements of Style" for the use of his Cornell students, who gave it its nickname "the little book". The Title 'The Elements of Style written/authored/edited by William Strunk, Jr.', published in the year 2017. The ISBN 9789351285601 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 54 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Humanities / Literature / Creative Writing & Composition. .POD

About this edition

• Publisher: Gyan Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 935128560X
• ISBN 13: 9789351285601
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56