The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070440093 ISBN 13: 9780070440098

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1997

Synopsis

This cross-curricular composition reader emphasizes writing as thinking. Organized thematically, it includes prose works spanning various ages, cultures and subjects. It encourages students to respond actively to the essays, to formulate their own critical judgements, and to develop in writing their reaction to and perspectives on the thematic concerns of the selections. The essays address current issues such as the death penalty, affirmative action, the role of technology and the impact of media.

About this title

From the Publisher

99 Essays, 32 New. The McGraw-Hill Reader includes quality prose works by the best writers from the past and present. New authors for this edition include Peter Elbow, Molly Ivins, David Gelernter, Natalie Angier, Ishmael Reed, Ronald Takaki, Esther Dyson, Amy Tan, and Alice Walker.
Full Chapter on Argument. Chapter 2, Reading and Writing Effective Arguments, offers students guidelines for reading arguments critically and writing strong arguments of their own. It provides five professional readings, including classic and contemporary essays on the death penalty and two additional essays for analysis.
Classic and Contemporary Visuals. Each chapter offers paired images related to the chapter subject, including photographs, paintings, and political cartoons, along with a critical thinking activity that prompts students to compare and evaluate visuals.
Paired Classic & Contemporary Essays. Now appearing at the beginning of the chapters, each pair presents an older essay with a more recent one so that students can compare the ideas, follow the history of contemporary debates, and gain new perspectives on issues and the ways in which they develop over time.

About the Author

Gilbert H. Muller, who received a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Stanford University, is currently professor of English and Special Assistant to the President at the LaGuardia campus of the City University of New York. He has also taught at Stanford University, Vassar College, and several universities overseas. Dr. Muller is the author of the award-winning Nightmares and Visions: Flannery O’Connor and the Catholic Grotesque, Chester Himes , and other critical studies. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Nation, The Sewanee Review, The Georgia Review, and elsewhere. He is also a noted author and editor of textbooks in English and composition, including The Short Prose Reader with Harvey Wiener, and with John A Williams, The McGraw-Hill Introduction to Literature, Bridges: Literature across Cultures, and Ways In: Reading and Writing about Literature. Among Dr. Muller’s awards are National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a Mellon Fellowship.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070440093
• ISBN 13: 9780070440098
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 752
• Editor: Muller Gilbert H.