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UNINA9910457143403321 |
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Autore |
Holcomb Chris |
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Titolo |
Performing prose [[electronic resource] ] : the study and practice of style in composition / / Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010 |
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1-280-69757-1 |
9786613674531 |
0-8093-8576-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (222 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Style |
English language - Composition and exercises |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Motives of Style; 3. Convention and Deviation; 4. Distinction: From Voice to Footing; 5. The Rhetorical Tradition; 6. Tropes; 7. Schemes; 8. Images; 9. Rituals of Language; 10. Style and Culture; Appendix on Grammar; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Author Bios; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Performing Prose, authors Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth breathe new life into traditional concepts of style. Drawing on numerous examples from a wide range of authors and genres, Holcomb and Killingsworth demonstrate the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. By addressing style and rhetoric not as an editorial afterthought, but as a means of social interaction, they equip students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fres |
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UNISA996392894603316 |
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Edinburgh, 9. November 1648. The Committee of Estates taking into their consideration that the putting of disaffected and malignant persons in places of trust or power in the severall shires and burghs of the kingdom .. [[electronic resource]] |
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[Edinburgh], : Printed by Evan Tyler, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie, 1648 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Radicals - Scotland |
Broadsides |
Scotland Politics and government 1625-1649 Early works to 1800 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Signed at end: Tho. Henderson. |
Title taken from caption and first lines of text. |
Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.. |
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