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The Art of the Footnote. Intelligent Student's Guide to the Art and Science of Annotating Texts.
Young, Francis A.burkle-; Maley, Saundra Rose; Burkle-Young, Francis A. (Adjunct Assistant Professor Of Freshman Composition, The George Washington U
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Description for The Art of the Footnote. Intelligent Student's Guide to the Art and Science of Annotating Texts.
Hardback. This work shows why footnotes are valuable as a part of writing in scientific and historical research and how to create footnotes which are clear and helpful to the reader. It describes cases in which footnoting is appropriate and gives examples drawn from a variety of writings. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: CBG; CBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
The Art of the Footnote reacquaints students and writers with the footnote as the most effective method for presenting all of the information that is necessary to make every manuscript lucid for every reader. This book shows why footnotes are valuable, even essential, as a part of writing in the context of the scientific and historical methods of research; how easy it is to become thoroughly familiar with the various types of notes and when to employ them; and how to create footnotes which are both clear and helpful to the reader. This book will be helpful in writing undergraduate ... Read more
The Art of the Footnote reacquaints students and writers with the footnote as the most effective method for presenting all of the information that is necessary to make every manuscript lucid for every reader. This book shows why footnotes are valuable, even essential, as a part of writing in the context of the scientific and historical methods of research; how easy it is to become thoroughly familiar with the various types of notes and when to employ them; and how to create footnotes which are both clear and helpful to the reader. This book will be helpful in writing undergraduate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761803478
SKU
V9780761803478
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About Young, Francis A.burkle-; Maley, Saundra Rose; Burkle-Young, Francis A. (Adjunct Assistant Professor Of Freshman Composition, The George Washington U
Francis A. Burkle-Young has taught at various universities, most recently as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Freshman Composition at The George Washington University. Saundra Rose Maley is Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at the same university.
Reviews for The Art of the Footnote. Intelligent Student's Guide to the Art and Science of Annotating Texts.
This wonderful little book is not just a style manual on the mechanics of footnotes; it is an exposition of what might be called the philosophy of footnotes. It gives the reasons for having them to begin with, and surveys the intellectual content they ought to contain...Any student who reads this will have a sense of why such things are ... Read more