Culture and Literacy

Eric Hirsch

Journal of Basic Writing · 1980 · 19 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The author of the widely acclaimed Wn'ting Without Teachers addresses all those who wish to gain real power over words.Elbow describes a variety of practical writing techniques that readers can choose among depending on their temperament, writing task, and audience, and develops from these examples an approach that balances the sometimes conflicting requirements for good writing: the intuitive skill of creating and the critical faculty of revising.