The Art of Reading : Contexts for Writing

By: Gould, EricContributor(s): Diyanni, Robert | Smith, William | Standford, JudithMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1990Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 695 pagesISBN: 9780070239050; 0070239053 Subject(s): College readers | English language -- RhetoricDDC classification: 808.0427
Contents:
An approach to reading: Introduction, the scope of reading; Responding to texts; Interpreting and evaluating texts -- A collection of readings: Relationships, family, friends, and the sexes; Education, creativity, and social awareness; The world of work; Power, ethics, and responsibility; The nation and international relations; The natural world; Religious world views; Science and technology.
Summary: Like its companion text The Act of Writing, this volume aims to involve students directly and immediately in the process of intellectual inquiry. Readings include excerpts from Speed and Women, by Stirling Moss, Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard, My Speech to the Graduates by Woody Allen, and much more. Exactly what do we mean when we say that man is mortal? Obviously it's not a compliment p.54 . xv, iii , 695+ 1 pages. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo..
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An approach to reading: Introduction, the scope of reading; Responding to texts; Interpreting and evaluating texts --
A collection of readings: Relationships, family, friends, and the sexes; Education, creativity, and social awareness; The world of work; Power, ethics, and responsibility; The nation and international relations; The natural world; Religious world views; Science and technology.

Like its companion text The Act of Writing, this volume aims to involve students directly and immediately in the process of intellectual inquiry. Readings include excerpts from Speed and Women, by Stirling Moss, Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard, My Speech to the Graduates by Woody Allen, and much more. Exactly what do we mean when we say that man is mortal? Obviously it's not a compliment p.54 . xv, iii , 695+ 1 pages. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo..

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