The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric

by Miriam Joseph

Book Overview

Who sets language policy today? Who made whom the grammar doctor? Lacking the equivalent of l'Acad mie fran aise, we English speakers must find our own way looking for guidance or vindication in source after source. McGuffey's Readers introduced nineteenth-century students to "correct" English. Strunk and White's Elements of Style and William Safire's column, "On Language," provide help on diction and syntax to contemporary writers and speakers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967967503
• ISBN13: 9780967967509
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Paul Dry Books
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"