Joe Moran

Autore di First you write a sentence : a primer for writing, reading ... and life

13 opere 602 membri 22 recensioni

Sull'Autore

Joe Moran is professor of English and cultural history at Liverpool John Moores University. His previous books include On Roads: A Hidden History, which was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.

Opere di Joe Moran

Popolari Recenti

First you write a sentence : a primer for writing, reading ... and life (2018) 107 copie

On Roads: A Hidden History (2009) 103 copie

Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime (2007) 100 copie

First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life (2019) 93 copie

Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness (2016) 66 copie

Interdisciplinarity (2001) 44 copie

Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV (2013) 42 copie

Reading the Everyday (2005) 23 copie

If You Should Fail: A Book of Solace (2020) 16 copie

Star Authors: Literary Celebrity in America (2000) 5 copie

Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime by Joe Moran (2007-05-04) (1836) 1 copia

Shrinking Violets Lib/E: The Secret Life of Shyness (2021) 1 copia

"Simple Words": Peter Ackroyd's Autobiography of Oscar Wilde 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1970-03-24
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: UK
Luogo di residenza: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Istruzione: University of Sussex (DPhil|American Studies)
University of Leeds
Attività lavorative: social historian
cultural historian
Organizzazioni: Liverpool John Moores University

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First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of… di Joe Moran

Almost perfect

One of the most enjoyable books about writing that I have read. Moran practices what he preaches, in his own words, and the examples he chooses. Until he arrives at the end...

The three 'biographies' are moving and beautifully illustrative - but would be better woven elsewhere in the text. And the remaining paragraphs continue selling something this reader has already bought.

A very useful, instructive book to which I will return - without the final chapter.… (altro)

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Parthurbook | 2 altre recensioni | Nov 6, 2023 |

First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of… di Joe Moran

It's marvelous to write a perfect sentence, but for a book to be even decent, it needs to be more than perfect sentence after perfect sentence. I found this book profoundly exhausting.

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autoclave | 2 altre recensioni | Oct 4, 2021 |