Speaking of Writing: A Brief Rhetoric
Product Details
| Publisher | Broadview Press Inc |
| Publish Date | August 08, 2019 |
| Pages | 360 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781554814343 |
| Dimensions | 8.9 X 7.0 X 0.8 inches | 1.8 pounds |
About the Author
Allegra Goodman is a novelist. Her books include Kaaterskill Falls, The Family Markowitz, Intuition, The Cookbook Collector, and The Chalk Artist, and her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and Best American Short Stories. She has taught first-year composition at Stanford and creative writing at Boston University. Michael Prince is the founding director of the Arts and Sciences Writing Program at Boston University, where he is Professor of English, specializing in Writing Studies and early modern literature and philosophy. His publications include The Shortest Way with Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Deism, and the Novel (2019), which received the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize from the University of Virginia Press. Emmeline Pidgen is an illustrator, creating books, comics, and commercial illustration in northwest England. She has worked with a wide range of clients internationally and was named "UK Freelancer of the Year" in 2016.
Reviews
"A collaboration between a writing program director, a novelist, and a graphic artist, Speaking of Writing is unique in its ability both to engage students in first-year composition and to provide truly practical advice for multidisciplinary critical reading and writing situations. This lively textbook starts with what the students bring to the reading and/or writing task, guides them through examples, from the literacy narrative to the multimodal researched composition, and provides a variety of activities throughout to practice key skills." -- Stacey Donohue, Central Oregon Community College
"Allegra Goodman and Michael Prince offer a fresh approach to the time-honored genre of the writing handbook. They have dispensed with musty clichés in favor of a conversational tone, and they use visuals that feel accessible and relatable. Illustrations representing a diverse array of students, each facing different writing challenges, feel almost like those of a graphic novel and are certain to engage today's students." -- Natalie J. Friedman, Barnard College
"In Speaking of Writing: A Brief Rhetoric, Allegra Goodman and Michael Prince provide an indispensable, engaging guide to basic rhetorical concepts and how to write well. Through a creative structure and engaging prose, they make dry and difficult-to-parse concepts come to life, allowing readers to discover what makes writing work and not work in chapters that mimic the process of learning when guided by cogent, thoughtful instructors. ... readers looking for an introduction to or a primer on essential writing and rhetorical concepts will be hard-pressed to find another textbook as fun, educational, and interesting." -- Dylan Schrader, Technical Communication
"I love this textbook! I thought Speaking of Writing was just going to be another boring old dull English book, but surprisingly this one is really interesting! The four students in the book provide personal experiences which I found helpful. I got to know what and how other people write, and the students' strategy for developing a writing process was very interesting to read." -- Stephen Wu, student, University of Ottawa
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