Dec 26, 2009

The Affluent Society | Style

Stylistic Flourish
Throughout The Affluent Society, Galbraith makes use of stylistic flourish to make his points more entertaining and understandable to the general reading public. Robert Lekachman explains, in an introduction to John Kenneth Galbraith and His Critics (1972), by Charles H. Hession, ‘‘As even casual readers and severe critics of Galbraith usually attest, the man writes a lovely English prose—witty, supple, eloquent.’’ The use of figurative language and Biblical reference, for example, demonstrates Galbraith’s...