| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
ix, 214 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
"Wretched writing is the lowest of the low; it is a felonious assault on the English language. Exuberantly excessive, it is a sin committed often by amateurs and all-too-frequently by gifted writers having an off day. In short, it's very bad writing. Truly bad. Appallingly bad. It's also very funny. A celebration of the worst writing imaginable, Wretched Writing includes inadvertently filthy book titles, ridiculously overwrought passages from novels, bombastic and confusing speeches, moronic oxymorons, hyperactive hyperbole, horribly inappropriate imagery in ostensibly hot sex scenes, mangled cliche muddled metaphors, and unintended double entendres. Sit back and enjoy these deliciously dreadful samples, and try not to cringe too much"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Authorship -- Humor.
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English language -- Style -- Humor.
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English language -- Terms and phrases -- Humor.
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Literary style -- Humor.
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Clichés.
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| Added Author |
Petras, Kathryn.
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| ISBN |
9780399159244 paperback |
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039915924X paperback |
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