A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers
- ISBN-10
- 0312385331
- ISBN-13
- 9780312385330
- Series
- A World of Ideas
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 880
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-03
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Author
- Lee A. Jacobus
Description
The most successful reader of its kind, A World of Ideas introduces first-year writing students to the thinkers and writers whose ideas have shaped civilization: for example, Niccolò Machiavelli on government, Elizabeth Cady Stanton on justice, and Sigmund Freud on the mind. Because students perceive these writers as important, they take the writing course seriously: they learn to read more attentively, think more critically, and write more effectively. No other composition reader offers a comparable collection of important readings along with the supportive apparatus students need to understand, analyze, and respond to them.
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