Thinking through Writing (Paperback)

John Kaag

ISBN 10: 069124958X / ISBN 13: 9780691249582

Edité par Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2024

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Paperback. A concise and practical manual on developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in tandem.For college students learning how to write on scholarly subjects, writing and critical thinking go hand in hand. And yet most books on these topics are categorised separately: writing guides and critical thinking handbooks. This book is different, offering a manual for developing reading, writing, and thinking skills in tandem. With short, practical chapters, Thinking through Writing helps readers learn to think critically about themselves and the world at large, read carefully and get the necessary literary support, write clearly and persuasively, stay on point, and finish their work as cleanly and compellingly as possible. Drawing on years of teaching critical thinking and writing, including almost a decade of teaching Harvard's freshman expository writing course, the authors invite readers to consider the intimate relationship between thinking and the creative, critical, self-actualising act of writing.Interviews with some of the most interesting and brilliant writers working todayAdvice on how to structure an argument, write for an audience, work through writer's block and anxiety, and much moreTips on how to make your writing unique and personalExercises and templates to help novice writers reach their full potential in practice "A practical and personal guide to thinking, writing, and argumentation for students in courses of introductory writing as well as critical thinking, and argument-based composition"-- Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Thinking through Writing (Paperback)
• Éditeur: Princeton University Press, New Jersey
• Date de parution: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 069124958X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780691249582
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: new

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A concise and practical manual on developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in tandem

For college students learning how to write on scholarly subjects, writing and critical thinking go hand in hand. And yet most books on these topics are categorized separately: writing guides and critical thinking handbooks. This book is different, offering a manual for developing reading, writing, and thinking skills in tandem. With short, practical chapters, Thinking through Writing helps readers learn to think critically about themselves and the world at large, read carefully and get the necessary literary support, write clearly and persuasively, stay on point, and finish their work as cleanly and compellingly as possible. Drawing on years of teaching critical thinking and writing, including almost a decade of teaching Harvard's freshman expository writing course, the authors invite readers to consider the intimate relationship between thinking and the creative, critical, self-actualizing act of writing.

- Interviews with some of the most interesting and brilliant writers working today
- Advice on how to structure an argument, write for an audience, work through writer's block and anxiety, and much more
- Tips on how to make your writing unique and personal
- Exercises and templates to help novice writers reach their full potential in practice

À propos de l?auteur

John Kaag is the Donahue Professor of Ethics and the Arts at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Between 2010 and 2016, he was visiting assistant professor of writing at Harvard University. He is the author of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life (Princeton). Jonathan van Belle is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in Aeon, Fast Company, Times Higher Education, and other publications. Kaag and van Belle are the coauthors of Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living (Princeton).