The elements of academic style : writing for the humanities / Eric Hayot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayot, Eric, 1972- author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).

English language.

Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Academic writing.

Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher).

Humanities.

Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Higher).

Critical thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 246 pages .)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. Why Read This Book?

Part I. Writing as Practice

2. Unlearning What You (Probably) Know

3. Eight Strategies for Getting Writing Done

4. Institutional Contexts

5. Dissertations and Books

6. A Materialist Theory of Writing

7. How Do Readers Work?

Part II. Strategy

8. The Uneven U

9. Structure and Subordination

10. Structural Rhythm

11. Introductions

12. Don't Say It All Early

13. Paragraphing

14. Three Types of Transitions

15. Showing Your Iceberg

16. Metalanguage

17. Ending Well

18. Titles and Subtitles

Part III. Tactics

19. Citational Practice

20. Conference Talks

21. Examples

22. Figural Language

23. Footnotes and Endnotes

24. Jargon

25. Parentheticals

26. Pronouns

27. Repetition

28. Rhetorical Questions and Clauses

29. Sentence Rhythm

30. Ventilation

31. Weight

Part IV. Becoming

32. Work as Process

33. Becoming a Writer

34. From the Workshop to the World (as Workshop [as World]).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

ISBN:

0231537417

9780231537414

Publisher Number:

99962289309

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.