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Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, Building Great Sentences celebrates the sheer joy of language-and will forever change the way you read and write.

About the Author

Dr. Brooks Landon is Herman J. and Eileen S. Schmidt Professor of English and Collegiate Fellow at The University of Iowa and Director of the University's General Education Literature Program. He lives in Iowa.

Reviews

“The most erudite, readable book anyone has ever written on the sentence.”—Adrian Blevins, associate professor of English, Colby College
 
“An Elements of Style for the prodigious, Building Great Sentences is a service to writers and a joy to read.”—R.M. Berry, professor, Florida State University