Author

Publication

1983 - North Point Press, San Francisco, California

Language

English

Word Count

53,250 words, Guess

Page Count

213 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100865471215
  • ISBN-100865471223
  • ISBN-139780865471214
  • ISBN-139780865471221
  • Goodreads4340791', '227315
and 6 more
  • LibraryThing130482
  • Library of Congress Control Number83061390
  • OCLC Control Number10127227
  • Better World Books9780865471221
  • Better World Books9780865471214
  • Open LibraryOL3190279M

Classifications

  • DDC420
  • LCCPS3552.E75 S7 1983
  • LCCPS3552.E75S7 1983

Description

"In six linked literary essays, Wendell Berry considers the degeneration of language that is manifest throughout our culture, from poetry to politics, from conversation to advertising, and he shows how the ever-widening cleft between words and their referents mirrors the increasing isolation of individuals from their communities and of their communities from the land."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Standing by wordsNorth Point Press1983

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