Textbook Resources
General Advice: If you want to assemble readings for your course that are connected with your theme and place them on Emory Course Reserves, do not choose the version of a rhetoric that includes “a reader” or indicates “and readings.” Often, you can save students money by opting for the rhetoric by itself. You may also decide to include small sections from several rhetorics in your course via reserves.
You will be teachers of record, so don’t be shy about requesting exam copies of texts in which you’re interested.
Bedford/St. Martin’s
- Link to composition offerings. Use the menu on the left to view rhetorics, handbooks, etc.
Includes popular texts Everything’s an Argument, Understanding Rhetoric, and Writing About Writing. A couple of us are currently experimenting with An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing.
Kendell Hunt
- Link to composition offerings. Scroll down to see the list of texts.
Includes Gene Hammond’s Thoughtful Writing.
McGraw-Hill
- Link to composition offerings. Scroll down to see links to different types of texts.
Includes Being a Writer by and Patricia Belanoff and Peter Elbow.
Norton
- Link to composition offerings. Use the menu on the left to view rhetorics, handbooks, etc.
Includes They Say/I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein and Everyone’s An Author by Andrea Lunsford, Lisa Ede, Beverly Moss, Carole Clark Papper, and Keith Walters.
Oxford University Press
- Link to composition offerings. Use the menu on the left to view rhetorics, handbooks, etc.
Includes How Writing Works by Jordynn Jack and Katie Rose Guest Pryal.
Utah State University Press
Includes Joseph Harris’s Rewriting.