Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts, Second Edition

Harris, Joseph

ISBN 10: 1607326868 / ISBN 13: 9781607326861

Published by Utah State University Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts, Second Edition
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607326868
• ISBN 13: 9781607326861
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

“Like all writers, intellectuals need to say something new and say it well. But for intellectuals, unlike many other writers, what we 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, 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. The second edition introduces remixing as an additional signature move and is updated with new attention to digital writing, which both extends and rethinks the ideas of earlier chapters.

About the Author

Joseph Harris is a professor of English at the University of Delaware, where he teaches composition, creative nonfiction, and digital writing. Previously, he directed the first-year writing programs at the University of Pittsburgh and Duke University. A former editor of CCC, he is also the author of Teaching with Student Texts and A Teaching Subject.