A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers
, by Jacobus, Lee A.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780312385330 | 0312385331
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/3/2009
The most successful reader of its kind,A World of Ideasintroduces first-year writing students to the thinkers and writers whose ideas have shaped civilization: for example, Niccolo Machiavelli on government, Elizabeth Cady Stanton on justice, and Sigmund Freud on the mind. Because students perceive these writers as important, they take the writing course seriously: they learn to read more attentively, think more critically, and write more effectively. No other composition reader offers a comparable collection of important readings along with the supportive apparatus students need to understand, analyze, and respond to them.