Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Voice & vision : a guide to writing history and other serious nonfiction / Voice and vision Stephen J. Pyne. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - x, 314 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-308) and index.
In the beginning, words -- Art and craft -- Rules of engagement -- Nonfiction as writing -- Voice-- -- --and vision -- Designing -- Plotting -- Transitioning -- Dramatizing -- Editing I -- Prose -- Character -- Setting -- Point of view -- Showing and telling -- Editing II -- Figures of speech -- Technical information -- Questions of scale -- Theory and practice -- Writing lives.
Voice and Vision is for those who wish to understand the ways in which literary considerations can enhance nonfiction writing. At issue is not whether writing is scholarly or popular, narrative or analytical, but whether it is good. --from publisher description
9780674033306 (alk. paper) 0674033302
2008043403
GBA927602 bnb
014931784 Uk
Authorship.
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Style.
Historiography.
PN145 / .P96 2009
808.02 / PYV
Voice & vision : a guide to writing history and other serious nonfiction / Voice and vision Stephen J. Pyne. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - x, 314 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-308) and index.
In the beginning, words -- Art and craft -- Rules of engagement -- Nonfiction as writing -- Voice-- -- --and vision -- Designing -- Plotting -- Transitioning -- Dramatizing -- Editing I -- Prose -- Character -- Setting -- Point of view -- Showing and telling -- Editing II -- Figures of speech -- Technical information -- Questions of scale -- Theory and practice -- Writing lives.
Voice and Vision is for those who wish to understand the ways in which literary considerations can enhance nonfiction writing. At issue is not whether writing is scholarly or popular, narrative or analytical, but whether it is good. --from publisher description
9780674033306 (alk. paper) 0674033302
2008043403
GBA927602 bnb
014931784 Uk
Authorship.
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Style.
Historiography.
PN145 / .P96 2009
808.02 / PYV