by Lee A. Jacobus
Essential Readings for College Writers
Eighth Edition ©2010
ISBN-10: 0-312-38533-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-38533-0 Paper Text, 880 pages See available formats »
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.
"In my opinion, the most important factor is choosing a book that will make them think. If they cannot think they cannot write. This book is really focused on that aspect of learning, and I have had great success with my students in teaching from the diverse spectrum of authors contained." — Jennifer C. Philpot, Eastern Kentucky University
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