The Philosophy of Style
Author(s): Herbert Spencer
Genre(s): Writing & Linguistics
Narrators: Gary Gilberd
Number of Chapters: 3
Length: 1 hour and 26 minutes
Language: English
“The Philosophy of Style,” explored a growing trend of formalist approaches to writing. Highly focused on the proper placement and ordering of the parts of an English sentence, [Spencer] created a guide for effective composition. Spencer’s aim was to free prose writing from as much "friction and inertia" as possible, so that the reader would not be slowed by strenuous deliberations concerning the proper context and meaning of a sentence. [Wikipedia]
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The audiobook The Philosophy of Style falls under the genres of Writing & Linguistics. It is written by Herbert Spencer.