Fields of Reading

by Nancy R. Comley, Robert Scholes, David Hamilton

A collection of more than 90 carefully chosen pieces of prose and poetry, Fields of Reading introduces students to examples of good writing from across the curriculum and helps them understand and practice multiple purposes for writing.

Genres: Writing, Textbooks, Nonfiction

786 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1998

About the author

Professor and Chair of the English Department at Queens College, City University of New York. In addition to Fields, she has co-edited The Practice of Writing and Text Book for Bedford/St. Martin's, and is co-author with Robert Scholes of Hemingway's Genders (Yale UP).

She is an established expert, often writing on modernist literature, composition, and Hemingway.

Reviews

[CAITLIN · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good resource with examples of different styles of writing.