Jensen on E. B. White As Writer

Erik M. Jensen, Case Western Reserve School of Law, is publishing E. B. White Could Nod Too: Thoughts Occasioned by Reading 'Death of a Pig' in the Journal of Legal Education (2017). Here is the abstract.

This is an essay on grammar and writing, with extended consideration of the value of Strunk & White as a guide. Although the essay defends Strunk & White against several of that volume’s strongest critics, it also illustrates that even the best writers — and E. B. White was terrific, as was Antonin Scalia — sometimes make mistakes. (At great, perhaps excessive, length, the essay dissects a problematic passage in White’s “Death of a Pig.”) We should learn from those mistakes, not accept them as inevitable.

Download the essay from SSRN at the link.

 

A Blog To Check Out

Mark Weiner of Rutgers Law School (Newark) sent me a link to a thread on his fascinating blog, Worlds of Law. The thread discusses connections between writer E.B. White and international law, and ranges from Webster's Dictionary, to Charlotte the spider, to Stuart Little. Professor Weiner discusses even more of interest to law and humanities folks at Worlds of Law. There's consideration of a Deanna Durbin film here  (she just passed on, by the way), and what we can make of the admiration a judge in the movie has for her, and a look at Bedouin law via a video Prof. Weiner made. It's a blog that provides provocative and light-hearted posts. Recommended.