Robert Alden Rubin
Teoksen Poetry Out Loud tekijä
Tekijän teokset
Going to hell in a hen basket : an illustrated dictionary of modern malapropisms (2015) 18 kappaletta
Poetry Out Loud 2 kappaletta
Poetry to Read Out Loud 1 kappale
On the Beaten Path 1 kappale
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Rubin, Robert Alden
- Muut nimet
- Rhymin' Worm
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Sykesville, Maryland, USA
- Koulutus
- Hollins Colege (MS|Creative Writing)
University of North Carolina (PhD|Engilsh Literature) - Ammatit
- journalist
engilsh instructor (Merideth College)
editor (Algonquin Books) - Suhteet
- Rubin, Catherine (wife)
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Poetry Out Loud Tekijä: Robert Rubin
Great collection of poetry with annotations
Subtitle: An Illustrated Dictionary of Modern Malapropisms
A thorough non-academic dictionary of malapropisms and eggcorns. (An eggcorn is a malapropism that have a sort of semantic logic, like feeble position.)
The book isn't meant to poke fun at the people who might have written a malapropism, but to serve as a reference of sorts, for those who love language and the different ways it can be shaped, especially accidentally.
Entries are alphabetical, include known variants, possible theories as to how they came to be, examples, and dated citations of sightings on the web.
Lightly amusing and a celebration of the funny side of English, I had a good giggle paging through the entries.… (lisätietoja)
A thorough non-academic dictionary of malapropisms and eggcorns. (An eggcorn is a malapropism that have a sort of semantic logic, like feeble position.)
The book isn't meant to poke fun at the people who might have written a malapropism, but to serve as a reference of sorts, for those who love language and the different ways it can be shaped, especially accidentally.
Entries are alphabetical, include known variants, possible theories as to how they came to be, examples, and dated citations of sightings on the web.
Lightly amusing and a celebration of the funny side of English, I had a good giggle paging through the entries.… (lisätietoja)
Meh. Rubin's taste and mine don't mesh. These poems aren't, actually, very easy to read aloud effectively, and insufficient guidance is given. I do want to write more clerihews (I'd forgotten about that form). I did like The Heaven of Animals" by James Dickey and do want to read more by him."
Palkinnot
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