The New Oxford Guide to Writing - Couverture rigide

Kane, Thomas S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195045386 ISBN 13 : 9780195045383

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1988

Synopsis

Aimed at a more general readership, this is a shortened version of "The Oxford Guide to Writing". Thomas Kane has completely rewritten his earlier work, deleting the more academically oriented sections.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Many books on writing tell you how to think more creatively, conjure up an idea, and how to express it clearly and elegantly. Many handbooks offer reliable advice on the use of commas, semicolons and so forth. But The New Oxford Guide to Writing does all three, so that no matter where you find yourself in the writing process - from the daunting look as a blank page, to the rough draft that needs shaping, to the small but important questions of punctuation - you will find what you need in one handy all-inclusive volume. Highlighted by numerous examples of successful prose - including marvellous brief excerpts from Mark Twain, Joan Didian, H. L. Mencken, E. B. White and Anne Dillard - this stimulating volume covers the entire subject step by step, clearly and authoritatively. It shows: How to use commonplace books and journals to store ideas, how to brainstorm, how to explore potential topics, sound methods of constructing an outline, the best way to open an essay clearly and interestingly, how to select words that convey both information and point of view ... and much more.

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas Kane was formerly Professor of English at the University of Connecticut at Waterbury, where he taught writing for over twenty-five years. He co-edited The Short Story and the Reader and Writing Prose, Sixth Edition, both with Leonard J. Peters, and wrote The Oxford Guide to Writing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195045386
• ISBN 13: 9780195045383
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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