Why writing matters / Nicholas Delbanco.
Why writing matters / Nicholas Delbanco.
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Publisher
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]
Call Numbers
G 2020/3174
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 259 pages ; 21 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Teachers -- Imitation -- Five texts -- True or false -- Strategies in prose -- Originality -- More matter -- Students -- Addenda, Corrigenda.
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Publisher
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]
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Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
In this new contribution to Yale University Press's Why X Matters series, a distinguished writer and scholar tackles central questions of the discipline of writing. Drawing on his own experience with mentors such as John Updike, John Gardner, and James Baldwin, and in turn having taught such rising stars as Jesmyn Ward, Delbanco looks in particular...
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Why writing matters / Nicholas Delbanco.
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Why X matters
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259).
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Date Copyright
©2020
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G 2020/3174
Record Identifier
74VKaql8xEK3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaql8xEK3
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ISBN
9780300245974
0300245971
DDC
808.02
MMS ID
991024330817502626
