Voice & vision : a guide to writing history and other serious nonfiction /
Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Voice & vision : a guide to writing history and other serious nonfiction / Voice and vision Stephen J. Pyne - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 2011 - 314 p. : ill. ; 21cm.
Originally published: 2009.
Packing Prose Part I. Arts * In the Beginning, Words * Art and Craft * Rules of Engagement * Nonfiction as Writing * Voice ... * ... and Vision * Designing * Plotting * Transitioning * Dramatizing * Editing I Part II. Crafts * Prose * Character * Setting * Point of View * Showing and Telling * Editing II * Figures of Speech * Technical Information * Questions of Scale Part III. Doing It * Theory and Practice * Writing Lives * Notes * Index
It has become commonplace these days to speak of "unpacking" texts. This book is about packing that prose in the first place. Pyne explores the many ways to understand what makes good nonfiction, and explains how to achieve it. His counsel and guidance will be invaluable to experts and novices in the art of writing serious and scholarly nonfiction
Nominated for Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize 2009
9780674060425 (pbk.) 0674060423 (pbk.)
Paternidad literaria
Autoría
Inglés--Retórica
Inglés --Estilo--Manuales
PN 145 / P997v 2011
808/.02
Voice & vision : a guide to writing history and other serious nonfiction / Voice and vision Stephen J. Pyne - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 2011 - 314 p. : ill. ; 21cm.
Originally published: 2009.
Packing Prose Part I. Arts * In the Beginning, Words * Art and Craft * Rules of Engagement * Nonfiction as Writing * Voice ... * ... and Vision * Designing * Plotting * Transitioning * Dramatizing * Editing I Part II. Crafts * Prose * Character * Setting * Point of View * Showing and Telling * Editing II * Figures of Speech * Technical Information * Questions of Scale Part III. Doing It * Theory and Practice * Writing Lives * Notes * Index
It has become commonplace these days to speak of "unpacking" texts. This book is about packing that prose in the first place. Pyne explores the many ways to understand what makes good nonfiction, and explains how to achieve it. His counsel and guidance will be invaluable to experts and novices in the art of writing serious and scholarly nonfiction
Nominated for Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize 2009
9780674060425 (pbk.) 0674060423 (pbk.)
Paternidad literaria
Autoría
Inglés--Retórica
Inglés --Estilo--Manuales
PN 145 / P997v 2011
808/.02