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Author:

Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

x, 314 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Authorship.
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Style.
Historiography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-308) and index.

Contents:

In the beginning, words -- Art and craft -- Rules of engagement -- Nonfiction as writing -- Voice-- -- --and vision -- Designing -- Plotting -- Transitioning -- Dramatizing -- Editing I -- Prose -- Character -- Setting -- Point of view -- Showing and telling -- Editing II -- Figures of speech -- Technical information -- Questions of scale -- Theory and practice -- Writing lives.

Summary:

Voice and Vision is for those who wish to understand the ways in which literary considerations can enhance nonfiction writing. At issue is not whether writing is scholarly or popular, narrative or analytical, but whether it is good. --from publisher description

ISBN:

0674033302
9780674033306 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261175555

LCCN:

2008043403

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)