Canadian Oxford Guide to Writing, The - A Rhetoric and Handbook

Kane, Thomas S.; Ogden, Karen C.

ISBN 10: 0195408705 / ISBN 13: 9780195408706

Published by Oxford University Press, 1993

About this Item

Tight, clean and unmarked-" This is a complete handbook and rhetoric, useful to the beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of composition. It is the first Canadian edition of Kane's The Oxford Guide to Writing. Kane makes extensive use of quotations; in the new edition, more than one-third of the samples are now by Canadian writers. References to Canadian geography, history, literature, and politics reflect the rich diversity of our population, and there is a brief appendix on Canadian spelling. Extensive revisions reflect recent changes in library cataloging, the new MLA citation form, and fields such as Women's Studies.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Canadian Oxford Guide to Writing, The - A Rhetoric and Handbook
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195408705
• ISBN 13: 9780195408706
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

This is a complete handbook and rhetoric, useful to beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of composition. It is the first Canadian edition of Kane's The Oxford Guide to Writing. Kane makes extensive use of quotations; in the new edition, more than one third of the samples are now by Canadian writers. References to Canadian geography, history, literature, and politics reflect the rich diversity of our population, and there is a brief appendix on Canadian spelling. Extensive revisions reflect recent changes in library cataloguing, the new MLA citation form, and fields such as Women's Studies.

About the Author

Thomas S. Kane, former professor, Department of English, University of Connecticut. Karen C. Ogden, University of Manitoba.