Language Wars: A History of Proper English by Hitchings, Henry

Language Wars: A History of Proper English (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250013941)

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Language Wars: A History of Proper English by Hitchings, Henry

Language Wars: A History of Proper English

$21.00
Language Wars: A History of Proper English by Hitchings, Henry

Language Wars: A History of Proper English

$21.00
Format: Paperback
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Exemplary...Hitchings has created a fascinating, wholly readable, and gratifyingly informative book.---Financial Times (London)
The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been bitter; often they've had more to do with morality, politics, and the values of the age than with language itself. Peopled with intriguing characters such as Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll, and Lenny Bruce, The Language Wars is essential reading for anyone interested in the contemporary state of the English language, its contested history, and its future.



Author: Henry Hitchings
ISBN-10: 1250013941
ISBN-13: 9781250013941
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2012
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d
By Henry Hitchings
By Henry Hitchings
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Henry Hitchings was born in 1974. He is the author of The Secret Life of Words, Who's Afraid of Jane Austen?, and Defining the World. He has contributed to many newspapers and magazines and is the theater critic for the London Evening Standard.

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