The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers - Second Edition (Revised)

Author/Contributor(s):	Cioffi, Frank L
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Date:	12/11/2017
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"More than merely a writing text, The Imaginative Argument offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing on emotion, soul, and creativity, the wellsprings of imagination. While Cioffi suggests that argument should become a natural habit of mind for writers, he goes still further, inspiring writers to adopt as their gold standard the imaginative argument: the surprising yet strikingly apt insight that organizes disparate noises into music, that makes out of chaos, chaos theory"--Amazon.com.