Performing Prose: The Study and Practice of Style in Composition

Performing Prose: The Study and Practice of Style in Composition

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<div><div> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">In <I>Performing Prose</I>, authors Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth breathe new life into traditional concepts of style. Drawing on numerous examples from a wide range of authors and genres, Holcomb and Killingsworth demonstrate the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. By addressing style and rhetoric not as an editorial afterthought, but as a means of social interaction, they equip students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fresh ways, as well as create their own.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Whereas most writing texts focus exclusively on analysis or techniques to improve writing, Holcomb and Killingsworth blend these two schools of thought to provide a singular process of thinking about writing. They discuss not only the benefits of conventional methods, but also the use of deviation from tradition; the strategies authors use to vary their style; and the use of such vehicles as images, tropes, and schemes. The goal of the authors is to provide writers with stylistic “footing”: an understanding of the ways writers use style to orchestrate their relationships with readers, subject matter, and rhetorical situations.</P> <P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-add-space: auto">Packed with useful tips and insights, this comprehensive volume investigates every aspect of style and its use to present an indispensable resource for both students and scholars. <I>Performing Prose</I> moves beyond customary studies to provide a refreshing and informative approach to the concepts and strategies of writing.</P> <P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-add-space: auto"> </P> <P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-add-space: auto"> </P></div></div>