Performing prose [[electronic resource] ] : the study and practice of style in composition / / Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth

• Autore: Holcomb Chris
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.042
• Soggetto topico: English language - Style; English language - Composition and exercises
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KillingsworthM. Jimmie
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Performing prose
• ISBN: 1-280-69757-1; 9786613674531; 0-8093-8576-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457143403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II