The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing - Fourth Edition

Babington, Doug; LePan, Don; Okun, Maureen

ISBN 10: 1554812194 / ISBN 13: 9781554812196

Published by Broadview Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing - Fourth Edition
• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554812194
• ISBN 13: 9781554812196
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing is a concise volume presenting essential material from the full Broadview Guide to Writing. Included are summaries of key grammatical points; a glossary of usage; advice on various forms of academic writing; coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics; helpful advice on how to research academic papers; and much more. For the fourth edition the section on citation and documentation (in four commonly used styles―MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE) has been substantially expanded as well as updated. Also expanded is coverage of academic argument; of writing and critical thinking; of writing about literature, and of issues in writing related to gender, race, class, religion sexual orientation, etc.

About the Author

Doug Babington was until recently Director of the Writing Centre at Queen’s University, and the author of articles both on writing and on literature.

Don LePan’s other books include The Broadview Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms (2013) and Rising Stories: A Novel (2015).

Maureen Okun is a professor in both the English and the Liberal Studies Departments at Vancouver Island University; her most recent book is an edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur: Selections (2014).