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1	They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing more books like this by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein At a time when so many lament the decline of writing skills among Americans, "They Say/I Say" teaches the core moves of effective argumentative writing. Suggesting that there are certain moves that experienced writers use instinctively, and that the moves can be learned, this book offers a number of imaginative templates for doing so. Praised for ... see all copies from £9.51! new only from £9.51! \| first editions
2	They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Persuasive Writing more books like this by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein "The Strunk & White of academic writing."--Richard Bullock, Wright State University As employers, politicians, parents, and other citizens lament the decline of writing skills among Americans, this little book comes to the rescue. An instant bestseller when it first appeared as a college textbook, "They Say/I Say" gives writers precisely what ... see all copies from £13.18! new only from £13.18! \| first editions
3	Professing Literature: An Institutional History more books like this by Gerald Graff Widely considered the standard history of the profession of literary studies, "Professing Literature" unearths the long-forgotten ideas and debates that created the literature department as we know it today. In a readable and often-amusing narrative, Gerald Graff shows that the heated conflicts of our recent culture wars echo - and often recycle - ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £12.25! \| first editions
4	Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind more books like this by Gerald Graff Our schools and colleges often make the intellectual life seem more impenetrable, narrowly specialized, and inaccessible than it is or needs to be, argues this eminent scholar and educator, whose provocative book offers a wealth of practical suggestions for making the culture of ideas and arguments more readily understandable. "Graff is reopening ... see all copies from £9.13! new only from £13.14! \| first editions
5	Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education more books like this by Gerald Graff Is the academic warfare over multi-culturalism and political correctness really a sign of America's intellectual decline, as critics such as Allan Bllom and Dinesh D'Souza have suggested? Or is it in fact a welcome sign of vitality, an assertion of the desire for American cultural citizenship by women, blacks, and other groups previously excluded ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £9.95! \| first editions
6	Post-Modern Aura: The Act of Fiction in an Age of Inflation more books like this by Charles Hamilton Newman, Gerald Graff (Preface by) see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| first editions
7	Literature Against Itself: Literary Ideas in Modern Society more books like this by Gerald Graff Since its first publication more than fifteen years ago, Literature Against Itself has achieved wide recognition as the first major critique of post-1960s cultural radicalism - and still one of the best. In it Gerald Graff argues that the reigning strategies for defending literature now end up by trivializing it, and he analyzes why and how they ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £9.18! \| first editions
8	Poetic Statement and Critical Dogma more books like this by Gerald Graff see all copies from £6.68! new only from £68.60! \| first editions
9	The Origins of Literary Studies in America: A Documentary Anthology more books like this by Gerald Graff This remarkable anthology brings together for the first time writings by the founders of literary studies in the United States: Bliss Perry, Kemp Malone, Irving Babbitt and many others. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Criticism in the University more books like this by Gerald Graff (Editor), Reginald Gibbons (Editor) see all copies from £5.65! first editions
11	Universities & the Myth of Cultural Decline more books like this by Gerald Graff, Jerry S. Herron see all copies from £14.80! new only from £14.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more books like this by James Phelan, Mark Twain, Gerald Graff Twain spent seven years writing HUCKLEBERRY FINN--the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on the Mississippi provides a panoramic view of Southern society, which Twain saw as beset by greed, violence, and coldhearted brutality in the guise of virtue. At the end of ... see all copies from £6.32!
13	The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy more books like this by William Shakespeare, James D Phelan (Editor), Gerald Graff (Editor) Generally agreed to be Shakespeare's last play, THE TEMPEST was most likely written in 1610. Twelve years before the action begins, Prospero--Duke of Milan--and his daughter, Miranda, were stranded by Prospero's brother, Antonio, on a remote and idyllic island where Miranda has grown up happily among the beasts and flowers, never seeing any man ... see all copies from £7.94! new only from £20.31!
14	Chicago Letter & Other Parodies more books like this by W. B. Scott, Barbara Heldt Monter, Gerald Graff see all copies from £8.97!
15	Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature 7e & Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2e more books like this by Mr. Michael Meyer, Mark Twain, Gerald Graff (Editor) see all copies from £91.36! new only from £91.36!
16	The Hamlet and Henry IV Part 1 and the Tempest: Texts and Contexts more books like this by William Shakespeare, Susanne L Wofford, Gerald Graff see all copies from £13.38!
17	Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything Was Possible more books like this by Gerald Graff, Sally Banes (Editor), Andrea Harris The 1960s was a pivotal decade in dance, an era of intense experimentation and rich invention. In this volume a range of dance critics and scholars examine the pioneering choreographers and companies of the era, such as Anna Halprin's West Coast experiments, the innovative Judson Dance Theater, avant-garde dance subcultures in New York, the work ... see all copies from £36.70!
18	Bedford Anthology of American Literature V1 + Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Beginnings to 1865 by Susan Belasco, Mark Twain, Gerald Graff, Linck Johnson see all copies from £73.73! new only from £73.73!
19	Florence Nightingale, war nurse. more books like this by Polly Anne Graff, Gerald McCann A biography of the founder of modern nursing. see all copies from £21.86!
20	Bedford Anthology of American Literature Vols 1-2 + Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Susan Belasco, Mark Twain, Gerald Graff, Linck Johnson see all copies from £65.61! new only from £65.61!

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