Good English
by Henry Seidel Canby
Excerpt from Good English
Although there has been a deluge of writing upon good English, the theory of composition in our language has been little changed since the days of those good old rhetorics of the later nineteenth century that every textbook maker mentions by way of honorable reference in his preface. But the practice of teaching written and oral English has altered, and is altering, with startling rapidity; and this is the sufficient excuse for another book in the field of elementary instruction. Rhetoric in the 'nineties was discipline plus instruction; rhetoric today is instruction plus stimulation. We are thinking less of rules and more of writing and speaking; we are working less among abstract principles drawn from masterpieces, and more in the laboratory of actual experience where each and all are busy with experiments leading toward a prose that may unlock the lips and speed the pen. For such an endeavor a textbook cannot be too fresh and apposite, or too closely related to the moving thought and emotion of the time.
Not a book of the scores of manuals upon English that have been published since this new view of rhetoric began, but will show somewhere, somehow, a response to the call of the new generation for bread instead of stones. Praise is due them. Yet the older masters were not so graceless as our moderns seem to believe.
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Although there has been a deluge of writing upon good English, the theory of composition in our language has been little changed since the days of those good old rhetorics of the later nineteenth century that every textbook maker mentions by way of honorable reference in his preface. But the practice of teaching written and oral English has altered, and is altering, with startling rapidity; and this is the sufficient excuse for another book in the field of elementary instruction. Rhetoric in the 'nineties was discipline plus instruction; rhetoric today is instruction plus stimulation. We are thinking less of rules and more of writing and speaking; we are working less among abstract principles drawn from masterpieces, and more in the laboratory of actual experience where each and all are busy with experiments leading toward a prose that may unlock the lips and speed the pen. For such an endeavor a textbook cannot be too fresh and apposite, or too closely related to the moving thought and emotion of the time.
Not a book of the scores of manuals upon English that have been published since this new view of rhetoric began, but will show somewhere, somehow, a response to the call of the new generation for bread instead of stones. Praise is due them. Yet the older masters were not so graceless as our moderns seem to believe.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Language Arts & Disciplines
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERFb&c Limited
LENGTH412
LANGUAGEEN
Good English
by Henry Seidel Canby
Excerpt from Good English
Although there has been a deluge of writing upon good English, the theory of composition in our language has been little changed since the days of those good old rhetorics of the later nineteenth century that every textbook maker mentions by way of honorable reference in his preface. But the practice of teaching written and oral English has altered, and is altering, with startling rapidity; and this is the sufficient excuse for another book in the field of elementary instruction. Rhetoric in the 'nineties was discipline plus instruction; rhetoric today is instruction plus stimulation. We are thinking less of rules and more of writing and speaking; we are working less among abstract principles drawn from masterpieces, and more in the laboratory of actual experience where each and all are busy with experiments leading toward a prose that may unlock the lips and speed the pen. For such an endeavor a textbook cannot be too fresh and apposite, or too closely related to the moving thought and emotion of the time.
Not a book of the scores of manuals upon English that have been published since this new view of rhetoric began, but will show somewhere, somehow, a response to the call of the new generation for bread instead of stones. Praise is due them. Yet the older masters were not so graceless as our moderns seem to believe.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Although there has been a deluge of writing upon good English, the theory of composition in our language has been little changed since the days of those good old rhetorics of the later nineteenth century that every textbook maker mentions by way of honorable reference in his preface. But the practice of teaching written and oral English has altered, and is altering, with startling rapidity; and this is the sufficient excuse for another book in the field of elementary instruction. Rhetoric in the 'nineties was discipline plus instruction; rhetoric today is instruction plus stimulation. We are thinking less of rules and more of writing and speaking; we are working less among abstract principles drawn from masterpieces, and more in the laboratory of actual experience where each and all are busy with experiments leading toward a prose that may unlock the lips and speed the pen. For such an endeavor a textbook cannot be too fresh and apposite, or too closely related to the moving thought and emotion of the time.
Not a book of the scores of manuals upon English that have been published since this new view of rhetoric began, but will show somewhere, somehow, a response to the call of the new generation for bread instead of stones. Praise is due them. Yet the older masters were not so graceless as our moderns seem to believe.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Language Arts & Disciplines
RELEASED2015
PUBLISHERFb&c Limited
LENGTH412
LANGUAGEEN