Hairston: Successful Writing 2ed (pr Only) - Softcover

Hairston, M C

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393954161 ISBN 13: 9780393954166

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1987

Synopsis

This guide to composition and essay writing has been revised to include a chapter on editing and lists of self-checks. The text focuses on collaborative writing and includes discussion of the use of computers in writing. It also provides advanced writers with advice on improving their styles.

About this title

About the Author

Maxine Hairston (Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin) has been one of the most important figures in the founding and development of composition studies as a discipline. A former chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, she is the author of several well known and successful textbooks, among them The Scott, Foresman Handbook and The Riverside Reader. She recently retired from teaching and is currently at work on a master's degree in history at the University of Texas. Michael Keene (Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin) was one of Maxine Hairston's doctoral students and is now professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of several other textbooks, among them Easy Access and The Heath Guide to Writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393954161
• ISBN 13: 9780393954166
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256