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Virginia James Tufte (August 19, 1918 – March 28, 2020) was a writer and distinguished emerita professor of English at the University of Southern California. Her special fields were Milton, Renaissance poetry, and the history and grammar of English.
11 de sept. de 2020 · In Memoriam: Virginia Tufte. A distinguished scholar of Renaissance poetry, John Milton and English grammar and syntax, Tufte was a gifted teacher and wise mentor who taught at USC Dornsife for a quarter of a century. [5 min read] By Susan Bell September 11, 2020.
KeywordS : Virginia Tufte, syntax, style, sentence, grammar Forms that seem limited, and even limiting, in fact offer a range of opportunities to a writer in command of them—and one who knows how to transgress against them—to achieve undreamed of effectiveness, grace, and versatility. Virginia Tufte, Artful Sentences (272)
Virginia Tufte is distinguished emerita professor of English at the University of Southern California. Her special fields are Milton, Renaissance poetry, and the history and grammar of English.
17 de nov. de 2019 · Tufte treats sentences like living machines that can be assembled in myriad patterns to create predictable effects. She talks about simple subject-verb clauses that act as “kernels” supporting right- or left-branching phrases. She is alert to the degree of “activity” in verbs, according to their kind and placement in a sentence.
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1 de dic. de 2018 · ABSTRACT. Virginia Tufte wrote two impressive treatments of sentence-level rhetoric, one in 1971 and the other in 2006. She sits at the fringes of composition, literature, and linguistics, seldom read and seldom cited, both then and now.
3 de jun. de 2021 · Virginia Tufte describes different forms of syntax, then gives examples from actual pieces of writing. Artful Sentences showcases specific, universally applicable skills that writers should use to add elegance to their work. This fun read is a straightforward guide to polishing your writing.
