Figures of Speech: 60 ways to turn a phrase
by Arthur Quinn
Figures of Speech: 60 ways to turn a phrase provides a fun departure into rhetorical figures of speech.
Published by Hermagoras Press 1993, ISBN 1880393026 [Book,Kindle]
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Wayne Booth, author of The Rhetoric of Fiction, said it best:
"Quinn has managed to do what I would have thought impossible: turned
a discussion of dozens of rhetorical figures—hyperbaton, hendiadys, isolcolon—
into a book that is a delight to read—and a living refutation of most current rules
of style. Offering examples that range from the Bible through Shakespeare and James Joyce
to Joe Jacobs, he quietly and wittily demonstrates that—but why should I, by giving
away his show, commit hysteronprotoron?"
(cited from the cover of Figures of Speech)
Book,Kindle reviewed by
Greg Dixon
Thursday, July 8, 1999
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