Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms
Autor Ralph Keyesen Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 dec 2010
As much social commentary as a book for word lovers, EUPHEMANIA is a lively and thought-provoking look at the power of words and our power over them.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316056564
ISBN-10: 0316056561
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 0316056561
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
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Notă biografică
Ralph
Keyes
is
the
author
of
15
books,
includingThe
Courage
to
WriteandI
Love
It
When
You
Talk
Retro.He
has
written
forEsquire,Glamour,Cosmopolitan,GQ,Newsweek,
andHarper's.
Keyes
lives
in
Yellow
Springs,
Ohio,
where
he
writes,
lectures,
and
is
a
Trustee
of
the
Antioch
Writers'
Workshop.
Recenzii
"If
'Euphemisms
are
unpleasant
truths
wearing
diplomatic
cologne,'
as
Quentin
Crisp
once
said,
then
Ralph
Keyes
has
given
word
and
language
lovers
a
deeply
fragrant-and
thoroughly
enjoyable-book."—Dr.
Mardy
Grothe,
author
of
Oxymoronica
and
other
quotation
anthologies
"Whether you're looking for information or just browsing,Euphemaniais a classic. It is beautifully written, uniformly delightful, and a pleasure to read. Keyes has spread a broad net and offers the tastiest morsels to his readers. I love this book!"—Rosalie Maggio, author of How to Say It and The Art of Talking to Anyone
"Fascinating! If you think you already know how we human beings shape language to create the kind of relationships we want, wait until you read Euphemania. Ralph Keyes opens the reader to a new world of thoughtfulness, embarrassment, manipulation, and even criminality through euphemisms. While much of the book is just plain funny, one cannot help but develop a new respect for the complexity of our language and for our amazing inventiveness as we cope with every imaginable situation by avoiding the truth. An engrossing, amusing and highly informative read."—Richard Farson, author of Management of the Absurd
"Keyes' treatment of our everyday attempts to ameliorate through language the unpleasantries of life is brilliant-and a great read."—Tom Dalzell, author of The Slang of Sin and Flappers 2 Rappers
"The title of this smart new book,Euphemania, is no euphemism. Author Ralph Keyes is right: Weare crazyabout euphemisms. For good reasons and bad, euphemisms help us speak the unspeakable, describe what cannot, in decent society (if only we lived in one!), be described. Those are not rings of fat around my waist; that's my spare tire. Or, should you want to know me better, just grab my love handles. Hang on tight and we'll ride through the wise and witty work of a writer who handles his love for the language on every page."—Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools and The Glamour of Grammar
"Whether you're looking for information or just browsing,Euphemaniais a classic. It is beautifully written, uniformly delightful, and a pleasure to read. Keyes has spread a broad net and offers the tastiest morsels to his readers. I love this book!"—Rosalie Maggio, author of How to Say It and The Art of Talking to Anyone
"Fascinating! If you think you already know how we human beings shape language to create the kind of relationships we want, wait until you read Euphemania. Ralph Keyes opens the reader to a new world of thoughtfulness, embarrassment, manipulation, and even criminality through euphemisms. While much of the book is just plain funny, one cannot help but develop a new respect for the complexity of our language and for our amazing inventiveness as we cope with every imaginable situation by avoiding the truth. An engrossing, amusing and highly informative read."—Richard Farson, author of Management of the Absurd
"Keyes' treatment of our everyday attempts to ameliorate through language the unpleasantries of life is brilliant-and a great read."—Tom Dalzell, author of The Slang of Sin and Flappers 2 Rappers
"The title of this smart new book,Euphemania, is no euphemism. Author Ralph Keyes is right: Weare crazyabout euphemisms. For good reasons and bad, euphemisms help us speak the unspeakable, describe what cannot, in decent society (if only we lived in one!), be described. Those are not rings of fat around my waist; that's my spare tire. Or, should you want to know me better, just grab my love handles. Hang on tight and we'll ride through the wise and witty work of a writer who handles his love for the language on every page."—Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools and The Glamour of Grammar