| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 246 pages .) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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]). |
| Summary |
"Hayot does more than explain the techniques of academic writing. He aims to adjust the writer's perspective, encouraging scholars to think of themselves as makers and doers of important work. Scholarly writing can be frustrating and exhausting, yet also satisfying and crucial, and Hayot weaves these experiences, including his own trials and tribulations, into an ethos for scholars to draw on as they write. Combining psychological support with practical suggestions for composing introductions and conclusions, developing a schedule for writing, using notes and citations, and structuring paragraphs and essays, this guide to the elements of academic style does its part to rejuvenate scholarship and writing in the humanities."--Publisher's website. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
(OCoLC)fst00795109
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Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher)
(OCoLC)fst00883702
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)
(OCoLC)fst00911616
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Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher)
(OCoLC)fst00963641
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hayot, Eric, 1972- Elements of academic style. 9780231168007 0231168004 (DLC) 2013048155 |
| ISBN |
0231537417 (electronic bk.) |
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9780231537414 (electronic bk.) |
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