In his "Books for Living," Will Schwalbe refers to a friend as having an enjoyable style in his writing. He does not elaborate on what made it enjoyable. But whatever it was, it had to be basically in one of two modes, formal or informal, literary or conversational. Each is subject to personal variations, but by one or the other category all writing is subsumed.The formal style (think, for example, Flaubert) is one a…
SOURCE: John Simon at 05:12PM on April 25, 2017