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Thinking through Writing

A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer and Thinker
By Jonathan van Belle and John Kaag
Series: Skills for Scholars
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A concise and practical manual on developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in tandem.For college students learning how to write on scholarly subjects, writing and critical thinking go hand in hand. And yet most books on these topics are categorised separately: writing guides and critical... Read More
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"A practical and personal guide to thinking, writing, and argumentation for students in courses of introductory writing as well as critical thinking, and argument-based composition"--

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A concise and practical manual on developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in tandem.

For college students learning how to write on scholarly subjects, writing and critical thinking go hand in hand. And yet most books on these topics are categorised separately: writing guides and critical thinking handbooks. This book is different, offering a manual for developing reading, writing, and thinking skills in tandem. With short, practical chapters, Thinking through Writing helps readers learn to think critically about themselves and the world at large, read carefully and get the necessary literary support, write clearly and persuasively, stay on point, and finish their work as cleanly and compellingly as possible. Drawing on years of teaching critical thinking and writing, including almost a decade of teaching Harvard's freshman expository writing course, the authors invite readers to consider the intimate relationship between thinking and the creative, critical, self-actualising act of writing.

  • Interviews with some of the most interesting and brilliant writers working today
  • Advice on how to structure an argument, write for an audience, work through writer's block and anxiety, and much more
  • Tips on how to make your writing unique and personal
  • Exercises and templates to help novice writers reach their full potential in practice

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691249582

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 September 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference John Kaag Jonathan van Belle Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Skills for Scholars

About the Author

John Kaag is the Donahue Professor of Ethics and the Arts at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Between 2010 and 2016, he was visiting assistant professor of writing at Harvard University. He is the author of Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life (Princeton).

Jonathan van Belle is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in Aeon, Fast Company, Times Higher Education, and other publications. Kaag and van Belle are the coauthors of Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living (Princeton).

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