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Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (also known as Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace and Style: Toward Clarity and Grace) is a book by Joseph M. Williams (1933-2008). Williams was a professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. The author says “it is good to write clearly, and anyone can.”.

Contents

About the Book

The book was first published in 1981. The book has since gone through numerous editions and has become a popular text for writing classes. This book is based on a course, "The Little Red Schoolhouse," that Williams taught for many years at Chicago.

Front Matter

  • Preface

    • Part One: Style as Choice

  • Lesson One: Understanding Style
  • Lesson Two: Correctness

    • Part Two: Clarity

  • Lesson Three: Actions
  • Lesson Four: Characters
  • Lesson Five: Cohesion and Coherence
  • Lesson Six: Emphasis

    • Part Three: Grace

  • Lesson Seven: Concision
  • Lesson Eight: Shape
  • Lesson Nine: Elegance

    • Part Four: Form

  • Lesson Ten: Motivating Coherence
  • Lesson Eleven: Global Coherence

    • Part Five: Ethics

  • Lesson Twelve: The Ethics of Style

    • Back Matter

  • Appendix: Punctuation
  • Glossary
  • Suggested Answers
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

    • Editions in print

  • Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 9th Edition. New York: Pearson Longman (2007) ISBN 0-321-47935-1 ISBN 978-0321479358 (paper)
  • Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace. 2nd Edition (2006) ISBN 0-321-33085-4 ISBN 978-0321330857 (paper)
  • Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1995) ISBN 0-226-89915-2 ISBN 978-0226899152 (paper)

    • Earlier editions

  • Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman (1981, 1985, 1989), New York: HarperCollins (1989, 1994), New York: Longman (1997, 2000, 2003), Toronto: Longman (2005), New York: Pearson Longman (2005)
  • Style : The Basics of Clarity and Grace. New York: Longman (2003)
  • Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1990) with two chapters coauthored by Gregory G. Colomb

    • Translations

    Russian (2003, 2005) [1]

    On-line reviews

  • Review of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1990) by J. Bradford [2]
  • Review of Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (1990) by Susan Stepney [3]

    • References

    Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace Wikipedia
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