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: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Palmquist,Michael < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > > > > *Style: An Introduction to History, Theory, Research, and Pedagogy, by > Brian Ray* > > > > *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. > > > > 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. > > > > All the best, > > > > Mike > > > > ****************** > > Mike Palmquist > > Publisher, The WAC Clearinghouse (http://wac.colostate.edu) > > Associate Provost for Instructional Innovation > > Colorado State University > > Fort Collins, CO 80523-1040 > > Voice: (970) 491-5288 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- nick.carbone at gmail dot com http://ncarbone.blogspot.com To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/