Theorists, scholars, and critics usually consider literary works to be fixed objects, assuming that any variations in the text of a work should be stabilized, reduced, eliminated. John Bryant urges that these variations create valuable records of the interactions between the artist and society. Preprint revisions, revised editions, adaptations for film, and expurgations for children are among the many forms of flux that shape literary works and position them relative to their audiences. Fully un...
Print Journalism
Print Journalism provides an up-to-date overview of the skills needed to work within the newspaper and magazine industries. This critical approach to newspaper and magazine practice highlights historical, theoretical, ethical and political debates and includes tips on the everyday skills of newspaper and magazine journalists, as well as tips for online writing and production. Crucial skills highlighted include:sourcing the newsinterviewingsub editingfeature writing and editingreviewing designi...
Evidence-Based Writing, Grade 2 (Applying the Standards)
by Hope Spencer
This worktext, designed for 10 to 15 hours of instruction, progresses from simple to complex proofreading tasks. It includes proofreading exercises on simulations of wordprocessing screens, and features separate sections on grammatical and proofreading skills. Also covered is a wide range of business literature, including letters, memos, reports, purchase orders, computer printouts, etc.
The place of the editor in literary production is an ambiguous and often invisible one, requiring close attention to publishing history and (often inaccessible) archival resources to bring it into focus. In The Art of Editing, Tim Groenland shows that the critical tendency to overlook the activities of editors and to focus on the solitary author figure neglects important elements of how literary works are acquired, developed and disseminated. Focusing on selected works of fiction by Raymond Ca...
GCSE 9-1 Academic Writing Revision Guide (Collins GCSE Grade 9-1 SNAP Revision)
by Collins GCSE and Ian Kirby
Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Subject: English Suitable for the 2022 exams Everything you need to improve your academic writing for GCSE 9-1 English Let's face it, exams can be tricky. Because everyone has different strengths when it comes to test taking, this new Snap Revision guide from Collins helps you focus on areas of your revision that you find tricky or need extra practice in. This is no ordinary GCSE G...
The only style manual to ever appear on a bestseller list now refreshed by one of our most beloved illustrators Every English writer knows Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. The book’s mantra, make every word tell, is still on point. This much-loved classic, now in its fourth edition, will forever be the go-to guide when in need of a hint to make a turn of phrase clearer or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice. The only style manual to ever appear on bestseller lists...
Doing Honest Work in College (Chicago Guides to Academic Life)
by Charles Lipson
Since its publication in 2004, "Doing Honest Work in College" has become an integral part of academic integrity and first-year experience programs across the country. This helpful guide explains the principles of academic integrity in a clear, straightforward way and shows students how to apply them in all academic situations - from paper writing and independent research to study groups and lab work. Teachers can use this book to open a discussion with their students about these difficult issues...
The place of the editor in literary production is an ambiguous and often invisible one, requiring close attention to publishing history and (often inaccessible) archival resources to bring it into focus. In The Art of Editing, Tim Groenland shows that the critical tendency to overlook the activities of editors and to focus on the solitary author figure neglects important elements of how literary works are acquired, developed and disseminated. Focusing on selected works of fiction by Raymond Ca...
Un manual imprescindible para escribir bien. El Libro de estilo de El País no es una gramática ni un diccionario al uso. Se trata simplemente de una pequeña Constitución, de un contrato con los lectores, un código interno que dota al periódico de personalidad propia y facilita la tarea a quienes se informan con él; lo que no obsta para que sirva además como referencia a todas las personas que aspiran a una escritura esmerada. La obra incluye por un lado los pilares éticos del diario y la mane...
Electronic Text
Since the 1950s, when Roland Barthes re-expressed the formalist ideal of an open-ended text, there has been much interest among literary critics and theorists of text in the question of what text is and what it gives us access to. The computer storage and electronic dissemination of texts adds a new controversy to the debate: what is the significance of the electronic text for the representation and transmission of knowledge? In its functions as multi-text storer and in its capacity to weave, u...
The definitive handbook for the novelist who is ready to revise This wise and friendly guide shows writers how to turn first-draft manuscripts into the novels of their dreams. A critic, longtime teacher, and award-winning novelist, Sandra Scofield illustrates how to reread a work of fiction with a view of its subject and vision, and how to take it apart and put it back together again, stronger and deeper. Scofield builds her explanations around helpful concepts like narrative structure, char...
Cite Them Right (Palgrave Study Skills)
by Richard Pears and Graham Shields
Cite them right: the essential referencing guide is renowned as the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to referencing available to students and authors. Academics and teachers rely on the advice in Cite them right to guide their students in the skills of identifying and referencing information sources and avoiding plagiarism. - Following feedback from users of previous editions, the authors, Richard Pears and Graham Shields, have produced a new and expanded edition which has: - Clear exam...
Evidence-Based Writing, Grade 4 (Applying the Standards)
by Christine Schwab
Improve Your Copywriting: Teach Yourself (TY Business Skills)
by Jonathan Gabay
Fully revised for today's practical copywriting requirements, Improve your Copywriting, by one of the UK's leading copywriters, reveals some of advertising's greatest creative secrets. From planning to implementation, it will guide you step-by-step through copywriting skills for a range of disciplines, including: - the internet - radio and TV - business-to-business - public relations - recruitment - charities - ... and many more! Throughout the book you'll find quick tips and author ins...
Storytelling—how to catch and hold a reader’s interest through artful narration of factual material William E. Blundell, one of the best writers on one of America's best-written papers—The Wall Street Journal—has put his famous Journal Feature-Writing Seminars into this step-by-step guide for turning out great articles. Filled with expert instruction on a complex art, it provides beginners with a systematic approach to feature writing and deftly teaches old pros some new tricks about: · ...