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Performing Prose: The Study and Practice of Style in Composition
Holcomb, Chris, Killingsworth, M. Jimmie
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Description for Performing Prose: The Study and Practice of Style in Composition
Paperback. Drawing on numerous examples from a range of authors and genres, this title demonstrates the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. It equips students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fresh ways. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
In Performing Prose, authors Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth breathe new life into traditional concepts of style. Drawing on numerous examples from a wide range of authors and genres, Holcomb and Killingsworth demonstrate the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. By addressing style and rhetoric not as an editorial afterthought, but as a means of social interaction, they equip students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fresh ways, as well as create their own. ... Read more
In Performing Prose, authors Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth breathe new life into traditional concepts of style. Drawing on numerous examples from a wide range of authors and genres, Holcomb and Killingsworth demonstrate the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. By addressing style and rhetoric not as an editorial afterthought, but as a means of social interaction, they equip students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fresh ways, as well as create their own. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809329533
SKU
V9780809329533
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About Holcomb, Chris, Killingsworth, M. Jimmie
Chris Holcomb is an associate professor of English at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches rhetoric and composition. His previous publications include Mirth Making: The Rhetorical Discourse on Jesting in Early Modern England and several articles on style and performance. M. Jimmie Killingsworth is a professor and head of the English department at Texas A&M University, where he ... Read more
Reviews for Performing Prose: The Study and Practice of Style in Composition
"In this innovative text, Holcomb and Killingsworth recapture style's rightful place in the generation of prose rather than just a step in editing already-written text. In the process, they manage to incorporate everything the Western rhetorical and literary tradition ever knew about style and have it all make sense together." - Barbara Johnstone, author of Discourse Analysis "Not only is ... Read more