Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace

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, late professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. The author claims and aspires to demonstrate that “it is good to write clearly, and anyone can.” (Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th Edition) 4). The book, based on a course, "The Little Red Schoolhouse," taught for many years at Chicago by Williams,[1] has gone through numerous editions and become a popular text for writing classes.

Contents

Content

Part One: Style as Choice

Part Two: Clarity

Part Three: Grace

Part Four: Form

Part Five: Ethics

Editions in print

Earlier editions

Translations

Russian (2003, 2005) [1]

On-line reviews

Notes

  1. ^ Now, also, English 13000/33000.

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