Fields of Reading Motives for Writing

Name: Fields of Reading Motives for Writing
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ISBN: 9780312553746

ISBN-10: 0312553749

ISBN-13: 9780312553746

Edition: 9th

Authors: Nancy R. Comley, David Hamilton, Carl H. Klaus, Robert Scholes, Nancy Sommers

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Fields of Readingdraws on the major divisions of the curriculum arts and humanities, social sciences and public affairs, and sciences to present well-crafted and high-quality writing from these fields. Chosen by six editors who are all distinguished teachers and writers, the selections progress from individual essays to paired texts to casebooks that contain multiple readings on an engaging topic. Students are thus exposed to important readings and conversations by key voices in contemporary intellectual life and asked to engage in the kind of reading, writing, and cross-curricular thinking they encounter in college. An additional emphasis on rhetorical purpose (reflecting, reporting,…

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List price: $63.99
Edition: 9th
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 11/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 864
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Robert Scholes is Research Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. He is the author of many books of literary theory.



Preface


Thematic Contents


Introduction


From Reading to Writing: The Conversation


Writing and Thinking: The Rhetorical Modes


Writing and Thinking: The Process


Reading to Write


Exploratory Writing


Drafting


Revising


Editing


Your Process


Writing Across the Curriculum


Reflecting, Reporting, Explaining, Arguing: The Motives Explained



Arts and Humanities


Mirrors (Reflecting)



Learning to Read and Write (Reflecting)



Homecoming with Turtle (Reflecting)



The Long Goodbye: Motherï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Day in a Federal Prison (Reporting)