Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog
- 176pages
- 7 heures de lecture
A veteran copyeditor studies the practice of diagramming sentences in a charming and funny look back at its odd history, its elegant method, and its rich, ongoing possibilities.
Florey Kitty Burns Florey Livres
Kitty Burns Florey est une auteure qui a un œil vif pour les complexités et le poids historique du langage, en particulier dans ses formes écrites. Elle transforme des sujets apparemment banals comme la diagramme de phrases et l'écriture manuscrite en récits captivants, explorant leur évolution et leur signification culturelle. Le travail de Florey se caractérise par un mélange d'esprit, de curiosité académique et d'appréciation nostalgique pour les 'arts perdus'. Sa capacité à entrelacer l'expérience personnelle avec l'enquête historique crée une expérience de lecture unique, engageante et réfléchie.
Steeped in the Palmer Method of Handwriting she learned in Catholic school, Kitty Burns Florey is a self-confessed “penmanship nut” who loves the act of taking pen to paper. So when she discovered that schools today forego handwriting drills in favor of teaching something called keyboarding, it gave her pause: “There is a widespread belief that, in a digital world, forming letters on paper with a pen is pointless and obsolete,” she says, “and anyone who thinks otherwise is right up there with folks who still have fallout shelters in their backyards.”Florey tackles the importance of writing by hand and its place in our increasingly electronic society in this fascinating exploration of the history of handwriting. Weaving together the evolution of writing implements and scripts, pen-collecting societies, the golden age of American penmanship, the growth in popularity of handwriting analysis, and the many aficionados who still prefer scribbling on paper to tapping on keys, she asks the question: Is writing by hand really no longer necessary in today’s busy world?