本书原版由Macmillan出版公司出版,现由作者授权四川大学出版社出版。作者PetetG.Beidler是美国Lehigh大学资深写作课教授、中世纪文学及美国印第安文化研究专家,其“Why I Teach”一文为中国大学生所熟悉。本书26章,每章自成体系,重点突出,内容具体,例证翔实;语言浅显活泼,插图生动诙谐。该书通过对大量大学生习作的分析、讲评及修改,总结出写作过程中应避免的40个最易犯的错误。作者曾以富丰赖特学者身份在中国讲学多年,熟知中国学生实情,此版由作者为中国读者量身修订,因此具有极强的实用性和针对性。\r\n\r\n \r\n
About the author\r\nPreface \r\nTo the srudent\r\n1 Writing in the pofessional world\r\n2 Nervous grumblings about writing\r\n3 Whats an acceptable essay?\r\n4 Your thesis sentence\r\n5 Finding your writing process\r\n6 Building a strong essay\r\n7 Writing to discover\r\n8 The parts of an essay\r\n9 Introductions are not all the same\r\n10 Something of voice\r\n11 Speaking of voice\r\n12 Organizing your essay\r\n13 The chronological approach\r\n14 Comparing and contrasting\r\n15 Dealing with the opposition\r\n16 Look at your audience\r\n17 Writing with others\r\n18 Standing above our defenses\r\n19 A healthy body paragraph\r\n20 Doctoring a sickly body paragraph\r\n21 Good writing is good thinking \r\n22 Good writing is good development\r\n23 Finding the right word \r\n24 Writing concretely\r\n25 Mephobia:an eye for a ewe \r\n26 Moving out \r\nEditing matters\r\nIndex\r\n\r\n
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