Academic Writing, Philosophy and Genre

This book investigates how philosophical texts display a variety ofliterary forms and explores philosophical writing and the relationof philosophy to literature and reading. Discusses the many different philosophical genres thathave developed, among them letters, the treatise, theconfession, the meditation, the allegory, the essay, the soliloquy, the symposium, the consolation, the commentary, the disputation, and the dialogueShows how these forms of philosophy have conditioned and becomethe basis of academic writing (and assessment) within both theuniversity and higher education more generallyExplores questions of philosophical writing and the relation ofphilosophy to literature and reading

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405194006
• ISBN13: 9781405194006
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.5"