title: The Macmillan Reader
author:  Judith Nadell 
description: Successful, and widely praised for its superior instructional apparatus and thought-provoking readings, The Macmillan Reader offers fresh examples of professional essays, separate chapters on reading and writing, detailed introductions to the patterns of development, and "before" and "after" essays for each pattern. This edition now contains 58 readings, a blend of classics and fresh new selections, chosen for their engaging and inspiring qualities. Two detailed introductory chapters discuss the reading and writing processes and illustrate the integration of these processes. Annotated essays, "before and after" versions, and commentaries illustrate the writing and revising process and highlight the kind of thinking necessary for revision. Detailed introductions to the rhetorical patterns, and uniquely thorough coverage of argumentation-persuasion includes sections on logic, refutation strategies, audience analysis, Toulmin logic, Rogerian argument, detecting bias, maintaining objectivity, and establishing common ground. Also new in this edition is coverage of computers in composition, and a documentation guide for online research. For those interested in sharpening their reading, writing and critical thinking skills.
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  *UNDONE*
  
  *_Virginia Henley_*
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A SIGNET BOOK
  
  Copyright (c) Virginia Henley, 2003
  
  ISBN: 0-451-21064-6
  
  _This book is dedicated to every woman who has survived a bad marriage,_
  
  _one way or another._
  
  *ACKNOWLEDGMENTS*
  
  I would like to thank Karen Arasimowicz, a media technician in a school
  library in Meriden, Connecticut. Karen recognized me while on vacation in
  Florida and introduced herself. I told her I hoped to write a book about
  Elizabeth Gunning and was having difficulty finding research sources. Karen
  had her friend Joanne Pfluger, a retired school librarian, write to offer her
  research services. I would like to thank Joanne for all her efforts in trying
  to search out sources for me. I know it was difficult and frustrating because
  there was so little out there.
  
  I would also like to thank my son, Sean Henley, who is a veritable genius at
  finding information on the Internet.
  
  *Chapter One*
  
  _County Roscommon,_
  
  _Ireland--1751_
  
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