The Strange Case of the Queen-Post Truss: John McPhee on Writing and Reading

The Strange Case of the Queen-Post Truss: John McPhee on Writing and Reading

Presents a discourse-based interview with John McPhee focusing attention on particular choices McPhee makes. Notes that probes (statements about McPhee texts by other readers) led to a more general discussion of the writer-reader relationship. Discusses how these two methods together afford an illum...

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Veröffentlicht in:College composition and communication 1991-05, Vol.42 (2), p.200-210
Hauptverfasser: Vipond, Douglas, Hunt, Russell A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Botany
Discourse Modes
Higher Education
Interviews
Journalism
Literature
Nonfiction
Old growth forests
Reading Processes
Reading Writing Relationship
Technical writing
Writers
Writing
Writing (Composition)
Writing Processes
Written communication
Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:Presents a discourse-based interview with John McPhee focusing attention on particular choices McPhee makes. Notes that probes (statements about McPhee texts by other readers) led to a more general discussion of the writer-reader relationship. Discusses how these two methods together afford an illuminating glimpse of McPhee at work. (MG)
ISSN:0010-096X
DOI:10.2307/358199