The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, 2009 MLA Update Edition

by Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell

The most comprehensive brief handbook available, THE BRIEF WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, SIXTH EDITION, provides students with extensive coverage of rhetorical concerns, the writing and research process, writing and researching with computers, visual rhetoric, and other topics essential for 21st-century student writers. This versatile and proven text is a uniquely effective guide to help students develop the critical thinking, reading, and writing skills they need to become successful communicators in college and beyond. Practicing teachers and collaborative writing partners throughout their careers, Kirszner and Mandell bring an "in-the-trenches" pragmatic understanding of instructor and student needs to every page of this Sixth Edition. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2009 MLA HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS, SEVENTH EDITION.

592 pages, Spiral-bound

First published February 1, 2006

Reviews

[Briana · Rating 2 out of 5]

I absolutely hate that I had to buy this book.

Don't get me wrong, it's very pretty, the cover is nicely designed, I agree with the grammar/punctuation rules, the little tabs are handy...

But...sorry, Wadsworth, I was already seeing someone. His name is Gregg...and we went out for two years before you came along...

Not only that, but the price is pretty high, and I'm already a bit of a grammar geek, so I don't need to look up that much...it's not like the Bible, where you need to keep studying it. If I know what a comma splice is, then I don't need Wadsworth around to tell me...

So it's not like this book is bad. I just DON'T NEED IT. Sad waste of $40...

But Torrey made me do it, and Torrey is worth it. ;)