In working on a review, I had occasion to reference George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language. While I’m not a particular partisan of plain prose, his advice on writing is — in general — still quite sound for anyone today, and especially scholars.
Daily Archives: October 8, 2005
Secret Blog
One reason why I have been blogging less lately — besides travel and the fact that September appears to be the Devil’s Month at McGill (as February was at my last job) — is that my move to administration, while taking up some time, doesn’t make for interesting blogging. And when it does make for …