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| AUTHOR: | Richard A. Lanham |
| CATEGORY: | Book |
| MANUFACTURER: | Yale University Press |
| ISBN: | 0300022433 |
| TYPE: | Literature - Classics / Criticism |
| MEDIA: | Paperback |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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Counter-intuitive Masterpiece Lanham, an expert on classical rhetoric, has written a witty, counter-intuitive work that argues, plausibly, that English teachers have erred in trying to instill clarity in their students' writings. What is needed, says Lanham, is to teach, not clarity, but delight--i.e., rhythm, euphony, word play, all the belletristic devices of classical rhetoric--before we can hope to see good writing in student compositions. Once students (and journalists and bureaucrats and everyone else) learn to enjoy writing as an aesthetic game, clarity will follow automatically. Teaching clarity divorced from delight is doomed to failure. Even if you don't agree with Lanham's argument, you will be thoroughly entertained and even usefully informed by his little essay.
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Anyone interested in the teaching of prose must hunt down a copy. This is Lanham's most eloquent and persuasive work.