Humanities & academic writing
Bad Ideas About Writing
Cheryl E. Ball, Drew M. Loewe
West Virginia University Libraries, Digital Publishing Institute · 2017 first edition · English · Published 2017
An edited collection challenging common assumptions about writing, rhetoric, teaching, style, authorship and writing instruction.
- Learning stage
- College introduction
- Prerequisites
- Comfort with extended English academic prose; no specialist writing theory required.
- PDF pages
- 382 in this file
- Editorial review
- 2026-10-29
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Authors: Cheryl E. Ball, Drew M. Loewe
Publisher: West Virginia University Libraries, Digital Publishing Institute
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