Hello all,

This free scholarly text might be of interest. It's published by the WAC
Clearninghouse, which Mike Palmquist oversees. It's part of a project of
open source, peer reviewed scholarly books the Clearinghouse fosters:

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Palmquist,Michael <
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>  The following book is now available for viewing and free download at the
> WAC Clearinghouse. This book is part of the Reference Guides to Rhetoric
> and Composition series, which is edited by Chuck Bazerman, Mary Jo Reiff,
> and Anis Bawarshi.
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> *Style: An Introduction to History, Theory, Research, and Pedagogy, by
> Brian Ray*
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> *Style: An Introduction to History, Theory, Research, and Pedagogy*
> conducts an in-depth investigation into the long and complex evolution of
> style in the study of rhetoric and writing. The theories, research methods,
> and pedagogies covered here offer a conception of style as more than
> decoration or correctness—views that are still prevalent in many college
> settings as well as in public discourse. The book begins by tracing origins
> of style in sophistic-era Greece, moving from there to alternative and
> non-Western rhetorical traditions, showing style as always inventive and
> even at times subversive. Although devalued in subsequent periods,
> including the twentieth century, contemporary views now urge for renewed
> attention to the scholarly and pedagogical possibilities of style as
> experimentation and risk, rather than as safety and conformity. These
> contemporary views include work in areas of rhetoric and composition, such
> as basic writing, language difference, digital and multimodal discourse,
> feminist rhetorics, and rhetorical grammar. Later chapters in this book
> also explore a variety of disciplines and research methods—sociolinguistics
> and dialectology, literary and rhetorical stylistics, discourse and
> conversation analysis, and World Englishes. Finally, teachers and students
> will appreciate a final chapter that explains practical teaching methods,
> provides ideas for assignments and activities, and surveys textbooks that
> promote a rhetorical stance toward style.
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> View the book in PDF and ePub formats at
> http://wac.colostate.edu/books/style/. To obtain a print copy, visit
> Parlor Press at http://parlorpress.com/style.
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> All the best,
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> Mike
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> Mike Palmquist
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> Publisher, The WAC Clearinghouse (http://wac.colostate.edu)
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> Associate Provost for Instructional Innovation
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> Colorado State University
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> Fort Collins, CO 80523-1040
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