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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 676 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0312084803 (pbk.) |