Stylized : a slightly obsessive history of Strunk & White's The elements of style / Mark Garvey.

Author/creator Garvey, Mark
Format Book
Edition1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Descriptionxxv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Contents Credo -- English 8 -- The steel and the music -- Rules -- A squeaky voice from the past -- Memory -- The happiness boys -- Truth -- The fewest obstacles -- Simplicity -- As elusive as a rabbit -- The self escaping -- Voice -- An audience of one.
Abstract Garvey offers a history of and homage to the controversial--and beloved--style guide, Strunk and White's "Elements of Style."
General note"A Touchstone book."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-208).
LCCN 2009007166
ISBN9781416590927 :
ISBN1416590927