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Voice & vision : a guide to writing history and other serious nonfiction / Stephen J. Pyne

By: Language: eng Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 2011Description: 314 p. : ill. ; 21cmISBN:
  • 9780674060425 (pbk.)
  • 0674060423 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Voice and vision
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808/.02
LOC classification:
  • PN 145 P997v 2011
Contents:
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
Awards:
  • Nominated for Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize 2009
Summary: 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
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 145 P997v 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000146611

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

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