Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook

by Susan Bachmann and Melinda Barth

Book Overview

Between Worlds opens with more than 75 multi-genre readings reflecting the human condition of being "in between"--generations, cultures, genders, perceptions, points of view. A substantial rhetoric section traces several student papers-in-progress through the prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing processes and explores the rhetorical strategies using student and professional essays as models. A research chapter with information on using...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205251269
• ISBN13: 9780205251261
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for College Composition Instructors

A teaching colleague of mine recommended this text for use in the freshman comp English class I was teaching. Although the text is pricey, it is well worth it, since it operates on the three levels stated in the title. You have a plethora of instructional content (my students appreciated the relevancy of the articles, and enjoyed the one-act play included), plus grammatical instruction, and assistance through the inclusion of rhetorical guidelines. It is an invaluable tool for use in the classroom. The only mistake I made was adding other texts for use in the class--next time around, I will rely more on the use of this textbook (since the cost is higher than many other composition texts), and limit my other fictional reading requirement.

An interesting approach!

I read this book for an English composition course I took in college two years ago. I normally sell my books back, but Between Worlds is full of short stories and writing tips that I wanted to keep. It's so much more interesting than a standard English comp textbook.