Rewriting: How To Do Things With Texts

Joseph Harris

ISBN 10: 0874216427 / ISBN 13: 9780874216424

Published by Utah State University Press, 2006

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"Like all writers, intellectuals need to say something new and say it well. But unlike many other writers, what intellectuals have to say is bound up with the books we are reading . . . and the ideas of the people we are talking with." What are the moves that an academic writer makes? How does writing as an intellectual change the way we work from sources? In Rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, Joseph Harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a more mature and dynamic understanding. Harris wants college writers to think of intellectual writing as an adaptive and social activity, and he offers them a clear set of strategies--a set of moves--for participating in it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rewriting: How To Do Things With Texts
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874216427
• ISBN 13: 9780874216424
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

"Like all writers, intellectuals need to say something new and say it well. But unlike many other writers, what intellectuals have to say is bound up with the books we are reading . . . and the ideas of the people we are talking with."

What are the moves that an academic writer makes? How does writing as an intellectual change the way we work from sources? In Rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, Joseph Harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a more mature and dynamic understanding. Harris wants college writers to think of intellectual writing as an adaptive and social activity, and he offers them a clear set of strategies—a set of moves—for participating in it.

About the Author

Joe Harris is an English professor at the University of Delaware, where he teaches academic writing, critical reading, creative nonfiction, and digital writing. He also likes dogs, movies, and minor league baseball.