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Readings for college English by John C. Bushman [and] Ernst G. Mathews is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Readings for college English about?

To Teacher and Student The readings in this book have been selected to help the college composition student read, think, and write better. The book is not an anthology of literary masterpieces; it is a collection of good—often superlative—writing intended to serve the specific needs of a college composition course. The materials in the book are of two kinds: models which can be more or less directly imitated, and selections which give practice in college-level reading and simultaneously offer significant facts and ideas. Many of the pieces in the book serve both these functions. The text of every selection has been carefully checked; the only adaptation made is the use of double quotation marks for single in two selections by English writers. The 96 selections have a wide range of interest and illustrate many techniques, styles, and purposes. Persons of widely different backgrounds present their experiences and their thoughts—from the farm boy to the Supreme Court Justice, from the woman educator to the satirist of designing women, from the naive cub pilot to the statesman-philosopher. All sizable sections of the United States are represented. With a few exceptions, the idiom is of

Author

John C. Bushman [and] Ernst G. Mathews

Publisher

New York, American Book Co

Published

1957

Language

EN

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities