The Art of X-Ray Reading

How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Writing & Publishing, Writing Skills, Composition & Creative Writing, Reference
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Author: Roy Peter Clark ISBN: 9780316282161
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication: January 26, 2016
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company Language: English
Author: Roy Peter Clark
ISBN: 9780316282161
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication: January 26, 2016
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Language: English

Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, draws writing lessons from 25 great texts.

Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In THE ART OF X-RAY READING, Clark invites you to don your X-ray reading glasses and join him on a guided tour through some of the most exquisite and masterful literary works of all time, from The Great Gatsby to Lolita to The Bluest Eye, and many more. Along the way, he shows you how to mine these masterpieces for invaluable writing strategies that you can add to your aresenal and apply in your own writing. Once you've experienced X-ray reading, your writing will never be the same again.

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Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, draws writing lessons from 25 great texts.

Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In THE ART OF X-RAY READING, Clark invites you to don your X-ray reading glasses and join him on a guided tour through some of the most exquisite and masterful literary works of all time, from The Great Gatsby to Lolita to The Bluest Eye, and many more. Along the way, he shows you how to mine these masterpieces for invaluable writing strategies that you can add to your aresenal and apply in your own writing. Once you've experienced X-ray reading, your writing will never be the same again.

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