E.B. White's Elements of Style, long a cornerstone of writers' reference collections, has just come out with an illustrated version! I realize that only an English major geek like myself would be excited about this, but, this is a book I actually own--or did--where *did* that copy go?! Anyway, now I can go out and get myself a new copy of the Elements of Style, complete with Maira Kalman's imaginative illustrations for the example sentences Strunk and White have throughout the book.
Strunk and White admonish readers to "revise and rewrite" and "avoid fancy words." Kalman's art work follows suit in a linear, primitivist style. The sentence, "Well, Susan, this is a fine mess you are in" is humorously illustrated by a painting of a basset hound.
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this book, and even to listen to the opera she is writing using Strunk and White's example sentences.
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