Why Writing Matters

284 Pages·2020·0.588 MB·English

by  Nicholas Delbanco

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contents
Author’s Note xi
Preface xiii
one Teachers 1
two Imitation 33
three Five Texts 61
four True or False 89
fi ve Strategies in Prose 111
six Originality 133
seven More Matter 163
eight Students 189
nine Addenda, Corrigenda 215
Postscript 247
A Note on Sources 255
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