How to write essays and dissertations : a guide for English literature students

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How to write essays and dissertations : a guide for English literature students

Nigel Fabb and Alan Durant

Routledge, 2015, c2005

2nd ed

  • : hbk

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"Published 2014 by Routledge, ... first issued in hardback 2015"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 163-166

Includes index

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The first book that literature students should read, this guide reveals the distinct set of skills, conventions and methods of essay and dissertation writing. Taking students through the various stages of writing, from planning to final submission, it offers specific guidelines and a lively, detailed commentary on actual examples of student work at each stage.

Table of Contents

1.Writing on a prescribed topic 2. Devising your own topic3. What markers want4. Selecting primary and secondary texts 5. Getting help from reference works, online resources and your supervisor 5. The first draft6. Developing your argument7. Weighting different elements in your argument8. The voice to write in9. Revising an essay draft10. Editing the beginning and ending11. Incorporating other people's words into what you write12. Mistakes in spelling, grammar and punctuation13. Handing in

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