Genre by Example: Writing What We Teach

by David Starkey

Peter Elbow claims that "a good essay or biography requires just as much creativity as a good poem; and . . . a good poem requires just as much truth as a good essay." The contributors to Genre by Example would agree. Their book argues that creativity need not be muted simply to meet the perceived boundaries of the academic essay, that, in fact, an author immersed in a form has special insight unavailable through any other means. The authors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867095741
• ISBN13: 9780867095746
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"