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The Sound on the Page: Style and Voice in Writing (edition 2004)

by Ben Yagoda

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I went from one Ben Yagoda book to another...this one is all about literary voice. What is it? Can it be learned? Can it be taught? The answers to all these questions are inconclusive, of course, but Yagoda has a fine time talking shop with a bunch of fine writers and coming to some qualified conclusions. (If you had to boil his conclusion down to one sentence, it would be "The style is the man.") This is one of those books writers read when they don't feel like writing. (Not that there's anything WRONG with that...)
  subbobmail | Jun 18, 2010 |
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I went from one Ben Yagoda book to another...this one is all about literary voice. What is it? Can it be learned? Can it be taught? The answers to all these questions are inconclusive, of course, but Yagoda has a fine time talking shop with a bunch of fine writers and coming to some qualified conclusions. (If you had to boil his conclusion down to one sentence, it would be "The style is the man.") This is one of those books writers read when they don't feel like writing. (Not that there's anything WRONG with that...)
  subbobmail | Jun 18, 2010 |
A thoughtful, very well-written book about "style and voice in writing." Writing is "making consciousness manifest." ( )
  bobbieharv | Mar 17, 2008 |
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820.9Literature › English & Old English literatures › English literature in more than one form › History, description, critical appraisal of works in more than one form

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