Selling Culture: Magazines, Markets, and the Class at the Turn of the Century (The Haymarket Series)

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Summary: Ohmann is a genius, though this is not his best book.
Review: Some critics consider this to be Ohmann's best work, which is odd...a little like praising Isaac Newton for his religious writings rather than gravity or calculus. Richard Ohmann is the genius who wrote "Shaw, the Style and the Man." This landmark book contains a new method for analysing style (all style, not just Shaw's) which lends itself to immediate application in the teaching of composition and rhetoric. The Shaw book is an exciting and useful book, not the usual academic cant. Every teacher of english should commit murder if necessary to acquire it.

Rating:
Summary: Ohmann is a genius, though this is not his best book.
Review: Some critics consider this to be Ohmann's best work, which is odd...a little like praising Isaac Newton for his religious writings rather than gravity or calculus. Richard Ohmann is the genius who wrote "Shaw, the Style and the Man." This landmark book contains a new method for analysing style (all style, not just Shaw's) which lends itself to immediate application in the teaching of composition and rhetoric. The Shaw book is an exciting and useful book, not the usual academic cant. Every teacher of english should commit murder if necessary to acquire it.

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Summary: A lackluster piece full of superfluous language.
Review: This man writes a lot, but says nothing.