Revision: History, Theory, and Practice explores the wide range of scholarship on revision while bringing new light to bear on enduring questions. Starting with its overview of conventional definitons and misconceptions about revision, whether surface or deep, Revision then offers both theoretical and practical strategies designed to facilitate post-secondary writing instruction.
The twelve contributors examine recent cognitive writing models and the roles of long- and short-term memory in the writing process, demonstrating theoretically why revision is difficult for novices. Revision pays close attention to the meaning and function of revision for various writers, from basic to professional, creative, and second language writers. Revision concludes with a detailed presentation of practical pedagogical strategies for teaching revision, with emphasis on revision in textbooks, technology-rich contexts, and peer review.
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Some of the greatest works in English literature were first
published without their authors' names. Why did so many authors want to
be anonymous--and what was it like to read their books without knowing
for certain who had written them? In Anonymity, John Mullan
gives a fascinating and original history of hidden identity in English
literature. From the sixteenth century to today, he explores how the
disguises of writers were first used and eventually penetrated, how
anonymity teased readers and bamboozled critics--and how, when book
reviews were also anonymous, reviewers played tricks of their own in
return.
Today we have forgotten that the first readers of Gulliver's Travels and Sense and Sensibility
had to guess who their authors might be, and that writers like Sir
Walter Scott and Charlotte Brontë went to elaborate lengths to keep
secret their authorship of the best-selling books of their times. But,
in fact, anonymity is everywhere in English literature. Spenser, Donne,
Marvell, Defoe, Swift, Fanny Burney, Austen, Byron, Thackeray, Lewis
Carroll, Tennyson, George Eliot, Sylvia Plath, and Doris Lessing--all
hid their names. With great lucidity and wit, Anonymity tells
the stories of these and many other writers, providing a fast-paced,
entertaining, and informative tour through the history of English
literature.
"The Fiction Writer's Toolkit:
A Guide to Writing Novels and Getting Published" (2001) (Writer's Collection)
Неплохая книга для желающих попробовать себя в писательском деле, ясно и просто написанная. Некоторые советы по композиции произведения подойдут и тем, кто готовится к письменной части международных экзаменов.
"Bob Mayer's "The Fiction Writer's Toolkit" is probably one of the best novel writing books I've read. Other books I've read have tried to focus too heavily on the technical aspects of writing and not so much on the steps and concepts. What makes this book so easy to read is that everything is broken down into individual "tools" that, when read in order, will walk you through the entire novel writing process from beginning to end. [...]
I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn the process behind writing a novel or wanting to improve their current skills".
Into the crowded field of biographical reference sources comes a new work from Greenwood, covering women writers who have written the majority of their works since 1945. Some are established authors, while others are still building their reputations. The editors say that the selected poets represent a wide variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds, and come from all parts of the U.S. but offer no further explanation that justifies why some poets were chosen over others. E The book is set up in an A-Z format with each author having a five- to six-page essay. Each essay includes a biography, an analysis of the writer's major works, and a bibliography of works by and about the author. The essays themselves are very readable and would be appropriate for high-school students and general readers who need a good overview of the writer's life and works. Because the essays are relatively short, college students would not have enough information for research papers but would find the articles helpful introductions. Reference works on literary biography abound. The writers are all included in Gale's Contemporary Authors series. Many are also included in Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography series and Contemporary Literary Criticism series, which give more extensive biographical and analytical information. Approximately two-thirds of the poets can be found in Salem's Critical Survey of Poetry. Libraries that already own Contemporary Authors and other Gale and Salem series might want to pass on this works, but smaller public libraries and high-school school libraries will find it very helpful for students and general readers who want a good overview of contemporary women authors and poets.
