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The Trouble With Words : A Commonplace Book
Overview
Mixing memoir, scholarship, and social commentary, The Trouble With Words uses the ancient technique of commonplacing to produce a series of essays on why language and learning still matter in a world awash in lies, a world increasingly described, blush-free, as "post-truth." It seeks to counteract the idea that words no longer matter and, while entertaining and engaging readers, to encourage them to take up the practice of keeping a commonplace book-and maybe even to write their own. The book's final chapter offers tips on how best to keep a commonplace book.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781778224904
- ISBN-10: 1778224903
- Publisher: Maxine Ruvinsky
- Publish Date: August 2022
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.66 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
- Page Count: 292
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