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PublisherBroadview Press

ISBN-101551111144

ISBN-139781551111148

eBay Product ID (ePID)1589186

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Edition3

Book TitleBroadview Reader

Number of Pages750 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicReaders / Beginner, Composition & Creative Writing, Readers

Publication Year1998

GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorJane Flick

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight35.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

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Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

Table Of ContentPreface Guide to Rhetorical Patterns and Devices Chronological Table of Contents Acknowledgements Language and Communication Woody Allen / Slang Origins Russell Baker / Little Red Riding Hood Revisited Richard Hoggart / The Case Against Advertising Samuel Johnson / The Abuses of Advertising George Orwell / Politics and the English Language Literature and Audience Sir Francis Bacon / Of Studies Thomas De Quincey / The Literature of Knowledge and The Literature of Power Northrop Frye / The Motive for Metaphor Margaret Laurence / Where the World Began Mordecai Richler / An Unquiet Awakening Barbara Tuchman / The Historian''s Opportunity Guy Vanderhaeghe / Influences Virginia Woolf / How Should One Read a Book? Film and the Media Martin Amis / Blown Away Kurt Andersen / The Origin of Alien Species Bruno Bettelheim / The Art of Moving Pictures Edward D. Castillo / Dances With Wolves: Review Gertrude Himmelfarb / A Neo-Luddite Reflects on the Internet Pauline Kael / New Age Daydreams [Dances With Wolves] X.J. Kennedy / Who Killed King Kong? Joseph Natoli / The Unforgiven: Histories and "Indians" Rick Salutin / Loose Canons Nature and Humankind Rachel Carson / The Obligation to Endure Loren Eiseley / The Bird and the Machine Stephen Leacock / Roughing it in the Bush (My Plans forMoose-Hunting in the Canadian Wilderness) Farley Mowat / The Nature of the North Mark Twain / A River Pilot Looks at the Mississippi E.B. White / Death of a Pig Edward O. Wilson / Storm Over the Amazon Patterns of Social Behaviour Gail Anderson-Dargatz / Errington, B.C. Sir Francis Bacon / Of Marriage and Single Life Hugh Brody / A Hearing Daniel Francis / Re-hanging the National Wallpaper:The Group of Seven and the Public Mind J.H. Plumb / DeMortuis Witold Rybczynski / Nostalgia Garry Trudeau / To Our Valued Customers George Woodcock / The Tyranny of the Clock Politics and Morality Joseph Addison / On Party-lying Margaret Atwood / The Writer''s Responsibility George Orwell / Shooting an Elephant Mike Royko / Another Accolade for Charter Arms Corp. Alan Sillitoe / Sport and Nationalism Jonathan Swift / A Modest Proposal Henry David Thoreau / Civil Disobedience Society and the Individual Ken Dryden / The Game E.M. Forster / My Wood Patricia Highsmith / Child''s Play 4? Russell Hoban / Thoughts on a Shirtless Cyclist, RobinHood and One or Two Other Things Edith Iglauer / Bella Coola Hugh MacLennan / The Shadow of Captain Bligh Jan Morris / St John''s Wallace Stegner / Specifications for a Hero Women in Society Regina Barreca / How Many Feminists Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? Moira Fair / Dangerous Determination Janet Flanner / Murder Among the Lovebirds Alison Lurie / Women''s Clothes -- Towards Emancipation Noretta Koertge / Are Feminists Alienating Women from the Sciences? Gloria Steinem / Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Who Died Too Soon Helen Taylor / Women and Criticism Margaret Visser / Feeding, Feasts and Females Ethnicity and Culture Neil Bissoondath / I Am Canadian Susan Crean / Taking the Missionary Position Kildare Dobbs / Matata Fil Fraser / Black Like Me Carole Giangrande / Allowing the Mind to Wander Basil H. Johnston / Is That All There Is? Tribal Literature Lenore Keeshig-Tobias / Stop Stealing Native Stories Amy Tan / In the Canon, For All the Wrong Reasons Martin Walker / Westward Oh! Christine Welsh / Women in the Shadows: Reclaiming a Metis Heritage The World of Science Geoffrey Bibby / The Body in the Bog Jacob Bronowski / The Real Responsibilities of the Scientist David H. Freedman / The Aggressive Egg Stephen Jay Gould / Posture Maketh the Man J.B.S. Haldane / Some Enemies of Science Jay Ingram / The Cathedral Square Richard Selzer / The Discus Thrower David Suzuki / The Pain of Animals Lewis Thomas / Humanities and Science James Trefil / Unexpected Vistas Notes on the Authors Glossary Index of Authors and Titles

SynopsisThis new edition includes most of the essays that have made The Broadview Readerone of the most popular first-year textbooks in Canada, and adds 18 fresh selections. As before, essays are gathered into groups by topic, but the editors also provide alternative tables of contents by rhetorical patterns and devices, and by chronology. Each selection is followed by a wide range of questions and suggestions for discussions, and the reader also includes a glossary and biographical notes. Most of the new selections are of recent vintage, but in recognition of the degree to which "modern" issues often have a long and honourable history, the editors have also added several selections by nineteenth-century writers. Also, the reader now includes a full section on "Women in Society." The book's balance of Canadian and non-Canadian writers has been maintained, as has the range of different styles and different essay lengths that are included. In all, the new edition includes 80 selections., One of the most popular first year textbooks in Canada, maintaining a balance of Canadian and non-Canadian essays.