{"product_id":"writing-genres-amy-j-devitt-9780809328697","title":"Writing Genres","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Writing Genres, \u003c\/i\u003e Amy J. Devitt examines genre from rhetorical, social, linguistic, professional, and historical perspectives and explores genre's educational uses, making this volume the most comprehensive view of genre theory today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting Genres\u003c\/i\u003e does not limit itself to literary genres or to ideas of genres as formal conventions but additionally provides a theoretical definition of genre as rhetorical, dynamic, and flexible, which allows scholars to examine the role of genres in academic, professional, and social communities. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting Genres\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how genres function within their communities rhetorically and socially, how they develop out of their contexts historically, how genres relate to other types of norms and standards in language, and how genres nonetheless enable creativity. Devitt also advocates a critical genre pedagogy based on these ideas and provides a rationale for first-year writing classes grounded in teaching antecedent genres. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy J. Devitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809328690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809328697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Amy J. Devitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716649742591,"sku":"9780809328697","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3410310-fa7d-48f5-adfe-ff18cdd6fabd.jpg?v=1705683153","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-genres-amy-j-devitt-9780809328697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}