The writer's presence : a pool of essays /

Each of the 78 essays in this collection features the distinctive intellectual signature that marks all memorable writing: the presence of a lively mind at work. The essays are divided into three parts by type: personal, expository, and perusasive, and are arranged alphabetically within each part. T...

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Other Authors: McQuade, Donald, Atwan, Robert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Bedford Books, [1994]
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Summary:Each of the 78 essays in this collection features the distinctive intellectual signature that marks all memorable writing: the presence of a lively mind at work. The essays are divided into three parts by type: personal, expository, and perusasive, and are arranged alphabetically within each part. This arrangement makes them easily retrievable and assignable in an unlimited number of ways without imposing a context within which they must be read. Classes can skip around the book unencumbered by top-heavy apparatus, use the selections to focus on different modes of writing, or do some of each. -Back cover.
Physical Description:xxi, 676 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0312084803 (pbk.)