The Best American Essays
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, January 1, 2000.
Edition: 0003-College
Book Condition: New
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0618042970 / 9780618042975
Unrivaled in the high quality of its selections, this contemporary reader presents 36 diverse and provocative essays drawn from the widely respected Houghton Mifflin/Ticknor & Fields "Best American Essays series. A thoughtful introduction by Atwan on the essay and additional reflections on the genre by famous essayists provide students with a solid foundation. Biographical notes and brief questions for discussion or written response accompany each reading, and an Instructor' s Resource Manual offers additional pedagogical tools. The book' s organization reflects the types of writing most often taught in introductory writing courses--personal, informative, and argumentative--and selections within those categories reflect many of the issues that currently enliven campus discussion and debate. Two alternative organizations feature arrangement by 10 traditional rhetorical methods and a topical grouping that links essays to current issues for argument and debate.
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