The Composition of Everyday Life: A Guide to Writing - Hardcover

Mauk, John; Metz, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1413018491 ISBN 13: 9781413018493

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2006

Synopsis

Showing students that the act of writing is connected to everyday living, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE makes invention the primary component of your writing course and helps students re-discover concepts, uncover meaning, and re-think the world around them.

About this title

About the Author:

John Mauk has a Ph.D. in rhetoric and writing from Bowling Green State University and a Masters in language and literature from the University of Toledo. Scholarship includes an article on critical geography and composition (COLLEGE ENGLISH, March 2003). Mauk now teaches composition and rhetoric courses at Northwestern Michigan College. In 2007, he served on the NCTE Nominating Committee.

John Metz has a B.A. in English from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (1983) and an M.A. in English from the University of Toledo (1985). He has taught first-year writing for over 20 years and currently teaches at Kent State University at Geauga in Twinsburg, Ohio.

Review:

"I don't remember seeing another text that so clearly values writing as a tool to develop and employ the critical thinking skills necessary for active participation in a vibrant democracy, with emphasis on the active.... Perhaps unwittingly, CEL represents a bold and courageous effort to develop writers who possess the qualities we espouse in our institutional mission statements. You have to step back and admire that."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1413018491
• ISBN 13: 9781413018493
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 864