Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace
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Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (also known as Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace and Style: Toward Clarity and Grace) is a book by Joseph M. Williams (1933–2008). Williams was a professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. The author says "it is good to write clearly, and anyone can".[1]
About the book
[edit]The book was first published in 1981. The book has since gone through numerous editions and has become a popular text for writing classes. This book is based on a course, "The Little Red Schoolhouse," that Williams taught for many years at Chicago.[2]
Content
[edit]Front Matter
[edit]- Preface
Part One: Style as Choice
[edit]- Lesson One: Understanding Style
- Lesson Two: Correctness
Part Two: Clarity
[edit]- Lesson Three: Actions
- Lesson Four: Characters
- Lesson Five: Cohesion and Coherence
- Lesson Six: Emphasis
Part Three: Grace
[edit]- Lesson Seven: Concision
- Lesson Eight: Shape
- Lesson Nine: Elegance
Part Four: Form
[edit]- Lesson Ten: Motivating Coherence
- Lesson Eleven: Global Coherence
Part Five: Ethics
[edit]- Lesson Twelve: The Ethics of Style
Back Matter
[edit]- Appendix: Punctuation
- Glossary
- Suggested Answers
- Acknowledgments
- Index
Editions in print
[edit]- Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 9th Edition. New York: Pearson Longman (2007) ISBN 0-321-47935-1 ISBN 978-0321479358 (paper)
- Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace. 2nd Edition (2006) ISBN 0-321-33085-4 ISBN 978-0321330857 (paper)
- Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1995) ISBN 0-226-89915-2 ISBN 978-0226899152 (paper)
Earlier editions
[edit]- Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman (1981, 1985, 1989), New York: HarperCollins (1989, 1994), New York: Longman (1997, 2000, 2003), Toronto: Longman (2005), New York: Pearson Longman (2005)
- Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace. New York: Longman (2003)
- Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1990) with two chapters coauthored by Gregory G. Colomb
Translations
[edit]- Korean: 스타일 레슨: 명확하고 아름다운 영어 글쓰기: ISBN 979-1188392018 (2018)
- Chinese: 英文寫作的魅力: 十大經典準則: 人人都能寫出清晰又優雅的文章: ISBN 978-9866031564 (2014)
Online reviews
[edit]- Review of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1990) by J. Bradford DeLong [1]
- Review of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1990) by Susan Stepney [2]
Notes
[edit]External links
[edit]- Style: Toward Clarity and Grace at UoCP Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace, 1st. ed., at Amazon
- Four steps to better writing, a handout prepared by Paul Dudenhefer based on Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace