Performing Prose

The Study and Practice of Style in Composition

By: Chris Holcomb, M. Jimmie Killingsworth

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In "Performing Prose," authors Chris Holcomb and M. Jimmie Killingsworth breathe new life into traditional concepts of style. Drawing on numerous examples from a wide range of authors and genres, Holcomb and Killingsworth demonstrate the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. By addressing style and rhetoric not as an editorial afterthought, but as a means of social interaction, they equip students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fresh ways, as well as create their own. Whereas most writing texts focus exclusively on analysis or techniques to improve writing, Holcomb and Killingsworth blend these two schools of thought to provide a singular process of thinking about writing. They discuss not only the benefits of conventional methods, but also the use of deviation from tradition; the strategies authors use to vary their style; and the use of such vehicles as images, tropes, and schemes. The goal of the authors is to provide writers with stylistic "footing": an understanding of the ways writers use style to orchestrate their relationships with readers, subject matter, and rhetorical situations. Packed with useful tips and insights, this comprehensive volume investigates every aspect of style and its use to present an indispensable resource for both students and scholars. "Performing Prose" moves beyond customary studies to provide a refreshing and informative approach to the concepts and strategies of writing.

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"In this innovative text, Holcomb and Killingsworth recapture style's rightful place in the generation of prose rather than just a step in editing already-written text. In the process, they manage to incorporate everything the Western rhetorical and literary tradition ever knew about style and have it all make sense together." - Barbara Johnstone, author of Discourse Analysis "Not only is this book smart and inspirational in terms of explanations, examples, and exercises, but it's also fun! What a pleasure it will be to teach from this twenty-first century Ludus Literarius." - Cheryl Glenn, author of Rhetoric Retold and Unspoken"

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides Writing & Editing Guides Language Learning & Teaching Specific Skills of Learning Language Writing Skills Education General Study & Learning Skills Linguistics Semantics & Discourse Analysis Creative Writing & Creative Writing Guides

Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Communication Studies

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Motives of Style	p. 17
Convention and Deviation	p. 38
Distinction: From Voice to Footing	p. 56
The Rhetorical Tradition	p. 71
Tropes	p. 84
Schemes	p. 106
Images	p. 129
Rituals of Language	p. 145
Style and Culture	p. 163
Appendix on Grammar	p. 173
Notes	p. 187
Works Cited	p. 189
Index	p. 197
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