College Writing Vol. II

Fulwiler, Toby

ISBN 10: 0867092904 / ISBN 13: 9780867092905

Published by Heinemann, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: College Writing Vol. II
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0867092904
• ISBN 13: 9780867092905
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: (rev)91 Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.661 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

The second edition of College Writing is based on the premise that writing is a varied and imaginative process, not a rigid adherence to a set of conventions. Like the original text, it continually exhorts students to find and celebrate their own voice. Indeed, it is this affirmation of individual creativity that sets College Writing apart from other process-oriented rhetorics.

Lively and conversational in tone, the second edition boasts a writer-to-writer perspective that will set students at ease. As a process-oriented handbook, it is structured to walk students through the main elements of the writing process within the span of a semester. At the same time, Toby Fulwiler allows for many detours in his step-by-step approach, with frequent reminders that everyone's processes are unique, and that "there ain't no rules ... whatever works, works".

Among the book's new features are an up-to-date electronic reference section, expanded discussions on research writing strategies, new presentations on argumentative and interpretive writing, and a review of creative revision techniques. Some 75 percent of the student writing samples are new, representing a variety of genres -- from research papers to critical essays to journal writing and beyond.

Perhaps the audience for College Writing is best summed up by the author himself: "College Writing is written to students and instructors who believe that writing is central to the whole academic enterprise, that it is at once a tough and wonderful business, and that it can be both learned and taught. It is also written to students and instructors who do not believe these things but think they might be worth considering".

About the Author

Toby Fulwiler directs the writing program at the University of Vermont, where he also teaches composition and literature courses. Editor of The Journal Book (1987), Fulwiler is also author of College Writing: A Personal Approach to Academic Writing, Second Edition (1997) and coeditor, with Art Young, of Programs That Work: Models and Methods for Writing Across the Curriculum (1990) and Writing Across the Disciplines: Research into Practice--all published by Boynton/Cook.