{"product_id":"language-wars-a-history-of-proper-english-9781250013941","title":"Language Wars: A History of Proper English","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Exemplary...Hitchings has created a fascinating, wholly readable, and gratifyingly informative book.\"---\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been bitter; often they've had more to do with morality, politics, and the values of the age than with language itself. Peopled with intriguing characters such as Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll, and Lenny Bruce, \u003ci\u003eThe Language Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in the contemporary state of the English language, its contested history, and its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Hitchings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250013941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Hitchings\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1974. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Words, Who's Afraid of Jane Austen?, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDefining the World. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has contributed to many newspapers and magazines and is the theater critic for the London \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44186168197235,"sku":"9.78125E+12","price":32.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bf94e6ac-a499-4df5-96b7-e970c1097b79.jpg?v=1767187556","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/language-wars-a-history-of-proper-english-9781250013941","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}