Jack Bass | A Literary Tour of South Carolina (2008) | ETV Classics
Martha Alewine takes us on a Literary Tour of South Carolina where we meet noted author Jack Bass. Produced in 2008 for Instructional Television for the South Carolina Department of Education, Professor Bass provides writing hints necessary to become a successful, readable author.
For thirteen years, Jack Bass worked as a newspaper reporter and was twice named South Carolina's Journalist of the Year. At the time of his passing, he was professor emeritus at the College of Charleston.
Professor Bass noted that what he cares about is that writing helps you to understand what really happened, how it happened; why it happened, and the impact after the happening. In his classes, one of the first things he urges is that students read The Elements of Style, whereupon he proceeds to give a master class in writing.
Side Notes
- Renowned Southern Historian Jack Bass Dies Thursday at 91.
- Southern Academy of Authors: Jack Bass. Jack Bass is the author or co-author of eight nonfiction books about the American South. His works have focused on Southern politics, race relations, and the role of law in shaping the civil rights era. He was professor Emeritus of Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston.
- Books by Jack Bass (author of Unlikely Heroes: The Judges that Made Brown Work.)
- Elements of Style by William Stunk, Jr., and E.B. White. This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is on promoting a plain English style. This little book can help you communicate more effectively by showing you how to enliven your sentences.
