Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read

by Brooks Landon

Book Overview

Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, Building Great Sentences celebrates the sheer joy of language--and will forever change the way you read and write. Great writing begins with the sentence. Whether it's two words ("Jesus wept.") or William Faulkner's 1,287-word sentence in Absalom Absalom , sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Yet, the sentence-oriented approach to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452298601
• ISBN13: 9780452298606
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher