Contending Rhetorics: Writing in Academic Disciplines

By George L. Dillon

Supposedly a worthwhile endeavor, scholarly and scientific writing to most people is abstract, impersonal, impractical, and sometimes impossible to read. This book examines this discourse, studies its relation to practical, everyday writing, and tells us why scholarly writing is anything but uniform and monolithic, and worth reading.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253317436
• ISBN13: 9780253317438
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.5"