{"product_id":"2026100007385-secondhand-the-state-of-the-language","title":"The State Of The Language","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: bce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanguage is never static — it breathes, bends, and battles its way through culture — and The State of the Language captures this living organism in magnificent, contentious detail. Edited by the distinguished literary critic Christopher Ricks and writer Leonard Michaels, this wide-ranging anthology assembles some of the finest minds of the era — including Kingsley Amis, Sylvia Adamson, and David Dabydeen, among many others — to deliver new observations, objections, angers, bewilderments, hilaritiess, perplexities, revelations, and provocations about the English language as it stood on the cusp of the 1990s.\n\nSpanning poetry, criticism, and personal essays, the collection presents a rich and often combative tapestry of voices, each arguing passionately for their vision of what English is, what it has become, and what it risks losing. Ricks and Michaels have curated a volume that is as much a cultural diagnosis as it is a linguistic one, illuminating the fault lines of class, politics, identity, and technology that shape the words we choose. Whether you are a devoted grammarian, a gleeful neologist, or simply someone who cares deeply about the power of expression, this book will leave you forever changed in how you listen to the world around you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130994204891,"sku":"2026100007385-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8c8f3489-50e9-4e0a-b67e-d167fec04b47.png?v=1786593908","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007385-secondhand-the-state-of-the-language","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}