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The Art of X-Ray Reading

Hardcover • 2016 • English

The Art of X-Ray Reading

By Roy Peter Clark

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About the book

Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made. In THE ART OF X-RAY READING, Clark invites you to don your X-ray reading glasses and join him on a guided tour through some of the most exquisite and masterful literary works of all time, from The Great Gatsby to Lolita to The Bluest Eye, and many more. Along the way, he shows you ...Show more

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ISBN

9780316282178

Publisher

Little, Brown Company

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The Art of X-Ray Reading

Format

Hardcover

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