Rewriting How To Do Things With Texts
Rewriting How To Do Things With Texts by Joseph Harris, published by Utah State University Press on July 15, 2006, is a 148-page textbook designed for undergraduate students. This edition focuses on the intricacies of academic writing, emphasizing the importance of engaging with texts and ideas from various sources. Harris encourages students to move beyond traditional notions of thesis and structure, promoting a more dynamic approach to writing that reflects the collaborative nature of intellectual discourse.
In this book, readers will discover strategies that facilitate a deeper understanding of writing as an adaptive and social activity. Harris outlines specific “moves” that academic writers can employ to enhance their engagement with texts and ideas. By exploring the relationship between writing and the sources that inform it, this work aims to equip college writers with the tools necessary for effective communication in educational settings. The text is presented in English and is suitable for those interested in language arts, writing, and education.
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“Like all writers, intellectuals need to say something new and say it well. But unlike many other writers, what intellectuals have to say is bound up with the books we are reading . . . and the ideas of the people we are talking with.”
What are the moves that an academic writer makes? How does writing as an intellectual change the way we work from sources? In Rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, Joseph Harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a more mature and dynamic understanding. Harris wants college writers to think of intellectual writing as an adaptive and social activity, and he offers them a clear set of strategies—a set of moves—for participating in it.
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