Joe Moran

Auteur de First you write a sentence : a primer for writing, reading ... and life

13 oeuvres 604 utilisateurs 22 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Œuvres de Joe Moran

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First you write a sentence : a primer for writing, reading ... and life (2018) 108 exemplaires

On Roads: A Hidden History (2009) 103 exemplaires

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

First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life (2019) 94 exemplaires

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

Interdisciplinarity (2001) 44 exemplaires

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

Reading the Everyday (2005) 23 exemplaires

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

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

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

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

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

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Date de naissance: 1970-03-24
Sexe: male
Nationalité: UK
Lieux de résidence: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Études: University of Sussex (DPhil|American Studies)
University of Leeds
Professions: social historian
cultural historian
Organisations: Liverpool John Moores University

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First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of… par 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.… (plus d'informations)

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Parthurbook | 2 autres critiques | Nov 6, 2023 |

First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of… par 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 autres critiques | Oct 4, 2021 |