Public and Professional Writing: Ethics, Imagination and Rhetoric

by A. Surma

Overview

This book offers something quite new - an advanced textbook that considers professional writing as a negotiated process between writer and reader. Arguing that ethics, imagination and rhetoric are integral to professional writing praxis, the book encourages students to look critically at various writing practices in a range of contexts. A textbook for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in Linguistics, Communication, Journalism and Media Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403915818
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/09/2005
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	183
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

ANNE SURMA is Lecturer in English and Professional Writing, School of Arts, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. She has also worked as an editor and writing consultant in the commercial sector.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Marking the Space: Writing as Ethical, Imaginative and Rhetorical Praxis The Struggle to Relate: Writers and Readers of Corporate and Public Documents Public Information: Up For Debate or Up For Sale?: Writing via the Internet Challenging Unreliable Narrators: Writing and Public Relations Being Professional by Email: Who/How Are you? Notes References Index

Editorial Reviews

'Surma's broad definition of professional writing (which includes many forms of public writing) and the three-part rubric that she uses to frame her analysis of professional writing practices, are key strengths of this book, along with her approach to ethics and communication and her international perspective.' - Jim Porter, Director of Rhetoric and Writing, Michigan State University

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