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  | | Postscripts Retrospections on Time and Place by Robert Root Jr., Robert L. Root Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-3846-6, ISBN: 0-8032-3846-0 "Walt Whitman’s meditation on time is the undercurrent running through Postscripts, a series of reflections on finding one’s place in the endless chain of time. In linked essays, Robert Root ranges across American terrains and landscapes including locales as varied as Walden Pond and Mesa Verde, the mountains of Montana and the coastline of Maine, Great Lakes shorelines and Manhattan on the first day of the war with Iraq.Rich in “all tha ..." |
 | | The Fourth Genre(4th Edition) Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction by Michael J. Steinberg, Robert L. Root Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2006 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-321-43484-5, ISBN: 0-321-43484-6 "While acknowledging the literary impulse of nonfiction to be a fourth genre equivalent to poetry, fiction, and drama, this text focuses on subgenres of the nonfiction form, including memoir, nature writing, personal essays, literary ..." |
 | | Wordsmithery - Issues in American Corrections(2nd Edition) by Robert L. Root, Martha E. Campbell Paperback, 157 Pages, Published 1997 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-205-27024-8, ISBN: 0-205-27024-7 "... Scott Lundeen, Mary Elizabeth Pope, Heather Powser, Brian T. Rees, Melody K. Sagorski, and Stacey E. Wargelin. I have been the beneficiary of Barbara Heinssen's intelligence, understanding, and patience; Katherine Evancie's keen eye; ..." |
 | | The Fourth Genre(5th Edition) Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction by Michael J. Steinberg, Robert L. Root Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2009 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-205-63241-1, ISBN: 0-205-63241-6 "This best-selling anthology is a comprehensive and indispensable introduction to the way creative nonfiction is written today. The Fourth Genre offers the most comprehensive, teachable, and current introduction available today to the cutting-edge, evolving genre of creative nonfiction. While acknowledging the literary impulse of nonfiction to be a fourth genre equivalent to poetry, fiction, and drama, this text focuses on subgenres ..." |
 | | Recovering Ruth A Biographer's Tale by Robert L. Root, Robert Root Jr. Paperback, 191 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-8992-5, ISBN: 0-8032-8992-8 "The task of editing and annotating a nineteenth-century diary seemed straightforward at first, but as Robert Root assembled scattered fragments of lost history and immersed himself in background research, he became enmeshed in unexpected ways. When doubts arose about who really wrote the journal, Root found himself plunged into a mystery of lost identity, drawn ever deeper into the drama and complexity of forgotten lives and engaged in ..." |
 | | Landscapes with Figures The Nonfiction of Place (Paperback) by Robert L. Root, Elizabeth. Dodd Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 2007 by Bison Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-5983-6, ISBN: 0-8032-5983-2 "He is the coeditor, with Michael Steinberg, of The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction, 4th ed. (2007), and interview/roundtable editor of the journal Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction. An emeritus professor at Central Michigan University, he has published and presented widely on nonfiction and composition and is the author of a writing text, Wordsmithery: A Guide to Working at Writing, 2nd ed. (1998 ..." |
 | | Fourth Genre, The Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction by Robert L. Root, Michael J. Steinberg, Michael Steinberg Paperback, 472 Pages, Published 1998 by Allyn & Bacon ISBN-13: 978-0-205-27595-3, ISBN: 0-205-27595-8 " Whether writers, readers or scholars, the individuals who read this book will gain much from it. A unique, special genre, creative nonfiction offers its readers a wealth of treasures. It provides the writer's singular voice as an active participant in his or her own experience. It may offer the writer's attempt to establish or define an identity, to explore and chronicle personal discoveries and changes, to examine personal conflicts ..." |
 | | Wordsmithery A Guide to Working at Writing by Robert L. Root Paperback, 147 Pages, Published 1993 by Allyn & Bacon ISBN-13: 978-0-02-403541-7, ISBN: 0-02-403541-6 |
 | | Those Who Do, Can(1st Edition) Teachers Writing, Writers Teaching: A Sourcebook by Robert L. Root, Michael Steinberg Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 1996 by Natl Council Of Teachers Of English ISBN-13: 978-0-8141-1860-3, ISBN: 0-8141-1860-7 "Product Details Paperback: 264 pages Publisher: Natl Council of Teachers (June 1996) Language: English ISBN-10: 0814118607 ISBN-13: 978-0814118603 Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 7 x 10.2 inches Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,455,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)" |
 | | The Fourth Genre(2nd Edition) Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction by Michael J. Steinberg, Robert L. Root Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2001 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-205-33715-6, ISBN: 0-205-33715-5 "The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction, 2/e is a comprehensive and indispensable introduction and guide to the way creative nonfiction is written today. The selections represent a wide range of contemporary creative nonfiction, including examples in essay, memoir, literary journalism, and cultural criticism. These readings establish a thorough grounding in the nature of the genre and provide excellent models ..." |
 | | Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture The Rhetorics of Popular Culture : Advertising, Advocacy, and Entertainment No. 16 by Robert L. Root Hardcover, 189 Pages, Published 1987 by Greenwood Press ISBN-13: 978-0-313-24403-2, ISBN: 0-313-24403-0 |
 | | The Fourth Genre(3rd Edition) Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Non-Fiction by Michael J. Steinberg, Robert L. Root Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2004 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-205-42605-8, ISBN: 0-205-42605-0 |
 | | "Time by Moments Steals Away" The 1848 Journal of Ruth Douglass (Great Lakes Books Series) by Ruth Douglass, Robert L. Root Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1998 by Wayne State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-2813-2, ISBN: 0-8143-2813-X ""Time by Moments Steals Away" records a year in the life of a young woman newly married to one of the most experienced geological explorers in Michigan's early copper mining period and sheds new light on state history. Ruth Douglass's diary recounts her winter journey from Detroit to Wisconsin and then her life through autumn and into the following winter on Isle Royale, where her husband had been hired to supervise a mining operation. ..." |
 | | The Fourth Genre(6th Edition) Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction with MyLab Writing -- Access Card Package by Michael J. Steinberg, Robert L. Root Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2014 by Pearson Student Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-13-399752-1, ISBN: 0-13-399752-9 " The Fourth Genre offers the most comprehensive, teachable, and current introduction available today to the cutting-edge, evolving genre of creative nonfiction. While acknowledging the literary impulse of nonfiction to be a fourth genre equivalent to poetry, fiction, and drama, this text focuses on subgenres of the nonfiction form, including memoir, nature writing, personal essays, literary journalism, cultural criticism, and travel wr ..." |
 | | Fourth Genre, The(6th Edition) Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction by Michael J. Steinberg, Robert L. Root Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2011 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-205-17277-1, ISBN: 0-205-17277-6 " The Fourth Genre offers the most comprehensive, teachable, and current introduction available today to the cutting-edge, evolving genre of creative nonfiction. While acknowledging the literary impulse of nonfiction to be a fourth genre equivalent to poetry, fiction, and drama, this text focuses on subgenres of the nonfiction form, including memoir, nature writing, personal essays, literary journalism, cultural criticism, and travel wr ..." |
 | | Working at Writing(1st Edition) Columnists and Critics Composing by Robert L. Root Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1991 by Southern Illinois University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-1686-1, ISBN: 0-8093-1686-2 "Root. You said in On Press that about a third of your articles met your personal standards. Wicker. That was when I was writing three a week. I'd like to think it was higher now. I hadn't really thought about it since I wrote that. Clearly it ought to ..." |
 | | Thomas Southerne(1st Edition) (Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 315) by Robert L. Root Hardcover, 151 Pages, Published 1981 by Twayne Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-8057-6727-8, ISBN: 0-8057-6727-4 |
 | | Walking Home Ground(1st Edition) In the Footsteps of Muir, Leopold, and Derleth by Robert L. Root Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by Wisconsin Historical Society Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87020-786-0, ISBN: 0-87020-786-5 "When longtime author Robert Root moves to a small town in southeast Wisconsin, he gets to know his new home by walking the same terrain traveled by three Wisconsin luminaries who were deeply rooted in place—John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and August Derleth. Root walks with Muir at John Muir State Natural Area, with Leopold at the Shack, and with Derleth in Sac Prairie; closer to home, he traverses the Ice Age Trail, often guided by such figur ..." |
 | | The Nonfictionist's Guide On Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction by Robert L. Root Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-5617-1, ISBN: 0-7425-5617-4 "Nonfiction_the 'fourth genre' (along with poetry, fiction, and drama)_is a literary field affecting bestseller lists, writing programs, writers' workshops, and conferences on the study of creative writing, composition/rhetoric, and literature. It is often labeled and/or limited as 'creative' or 'literary' nonfiction and subdivided into essay, memoir, literary journalism, personal cultural criticism, and narratives of nature and travel. ..." |
 | | E. B. White(1st Edition) The Emergence of an Essayist by Robert L. Root Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Iowa Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87745-667-4, ISBN: 0-87745-667-4 "... a study of the Restoration dramatist Thomas Southerne, to whom I had been introduced in Carl Klaus's Restoration drama course; now I return to Iowa through its Press and f1ttingly publish on another author to whom Klaus introduced me. My interest in literary nonfiction stems from postdoctoral work in composition, rhetoric, and discourse theory at the University of Iowa in the classes of Carl Klaus, Richard Lloyd-Jones, David Ha ..." |
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