Philosophy of Style: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Philosophy of Style by Spencer, Herbert: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 1:26:55 running time and a link to listen.
Philosophy of Style, credited to Spencer, Herbert, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Philosophy of Style, by Herbert Spencer, read by Gary Gilberd. “The Philosophy of Style,” explored a growing trend of formalist approaches to writing. Highly focused on the proper placement and ordering of the parts of an English sentence, [Spencer] created a guide for effective composition. Spencer’s aim was to free prose writing from as much "friction and inertia" as possible, so that the reader would not be slowed by strenuous deliberations concerning the proper context and meaning of a sentence. (Summary from Wikipedia.)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Philosophy of Style
- Author credits: Spencer, Herbert
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 1:26:55
Catalogue topics
- spencer
- writing
- style
Track guide
- 1-1 Causes of Force in Language Which Depend Upon Economy of the Mental Energies Sec. 1 — 35:49
- 1-2 Causes of Force in Language Which Depend Upon the Economy of the Mental Energies Sec. 2 — 34:05
- 2 Causes of Force in Language Which Depends Upon Economy of the Mental Sensibilities — 17:02
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