The Language Wars: A History of Proper English

by Henry Hitchings

Book Overview

"Exemplary...Hitchings has created a fascinating, wholly readable, and gratifyingly informative book."---Financial Times (London) The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374183295
• ISBN13: 9780374183295
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"