Tuesday, April 13, 2010

V's Pick #17: The Norton Book of Composition Studies (Ed Susan Miller)

If you've ever read a Norton Book of... you know that they're famous for their onion-skin thin paper, on which nearly every pen known to man (and even some pencils) bleed through, making annotation (and reading) a whole new ballgame. I have five other Norton books from undergrad - a set of poetry books and a set of literature books. They're fantastic. Arguably, the best readers out there...and this one is no exception. I wish, wish, wish I had time to read every single article because I know every word in this collections' 1700 pages is important in some way. However, I'll estimate I read about 500 of the 1700 pages, which cover all of the main scholars, as well as articles like: "Never Mind the Tagmemics, Where's the Sex Pistols" (Sirc) that I just couldn't pass up. If you want to know anything, and I dare say anything, and more importantly, everything about Comp theory, pick this up.

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