Precis Writing
Passages Judiciously Selected with an Introduction on the Art of Precis
Published on 17. April 2015
238 pages
978-1-317-43173-2 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1940, this book was designed by Eric Partridge to equip students, studying for final exams at school, with the tools they needed to become successful precis-ers. The selection of literary pieces is more diverse than other preicis books of the time and Partridge's background as a schoolmaster, a lecturer and a publisher sets him up well to teach the subject.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
3,49 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-43173-2 (9781317431732)
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Passages Judiciously Selected with an Introduction on the Art of Precis
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Precis Writing
Passages Judiciously Selected with an Introduction on the Art of Precis
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Content
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Part 1 PASSAGES FOR PRECIS; Chapter 2 VOYAGE (1577-1580) OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, Richard Hakluyt; Chapter 3 THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND, Francis Bacon; Chapter 4 THE STORMING OF TREDAH, Oliver Cromwell; Chapter 5 THE GOOD SCHOOLMASTER, Thomas Fuller; Chapter 6 A TRIMMER, George Savile, Marquess of Halifax; Chapter 7 READING, John Locke; Chapter 8 SEVERAL ENGLISH INSTITUTIONS, Jonathan Swift; Chapter 9 STORY-TELLING, Sir Richard Steele; Chapter 10 TRAVEL IN WAR TIME, Lady Mary, Worthy Montagu; Chapter 11 AFFECTATION, Earl of Chesterfield; Chapter 12 THE WORLD: THE STAGE, Henry Fielding; Chapter 13 STAGE-COACH COMPANIONS, Samuel Johnson; Chapter 14 ANNIHILATION OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, David Hume; Chapter 15 HISTORY, David Hume; Chapter 16 ADMIRAL BYNG, Horace Walpole; Chapter 17 ANOTHER EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LETTER, Thomas Gray; Chapter 18 THE GREAT FROST : JANUARY, 1776, Gilbert White; Chapter 19 AMERICA IS DISCOVERED, William Robertson; Chapter 20 BARTER AND MONEY, Adam Smith; Chapter 21 A PLEA : ENGLAND AND AMERICA SHOULD BE RECONCILED : 1775, Edmund Burke; Chapter 22 HUMOURS OF THE ENGLISH NATION, Edmund Burke; Chapter 23 CONSTANTINOPLE CAPTURED, Edward Gibbon; Chapter 24 PROPERTY, William Paley; Chapter 25 A DENOUNCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, Edmund Burke; Chapter 26 A BRUSH WITH THE SPANIARDS, Lord Collingwood; Chapter 27 IN THE INTERESTS OF EUROPE, Duke of Wellington; Chapter 28 FIVE WEEKS AFTER THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, Sir Walter Scott; Chapter 29 AN ANTIQUARY'S STUDY, Sir Walter Scott; Chapter 30 IRISH BULLS, Sydney Smith; Chapter 31 THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, Robert Southey; Chapter 32 ENGLAND ON THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VII IN 1485, Henry Hallam; Chapter 33 THE EXECUTION AND CHARACTER OF CHARLES I, Henry Hallam; Chapter 34 A BOXING MATCH-IN THE DAYS BEFORE GLOVES, William Hazlitt; Chapter 35 RIP VAN WINKLE BEFORE HIS DISAPPEARANCE, Washington Irving; Chapter 36 SATURDAY NIGHT: LONDON, Thomas de Quincey; Chapter 37 LISBON, George Borrow; Chapter 38 TRAVELLING AT NIGHT, George Borrow; Chapter 39 FLOOD, John Galt; Chapter 40 WELLINGTON'S GENERALSHIP, Sir William Napier; Chapter 41 SLOTHS, Charles Waterton; Chapter 42 THE PATHFINDER, James Fenimore Cooper; Chapter 43 THE INFANCY OF SUPER STITION AND IDOLATRY, Robert Eyres Landor; Chapter 44 GREAT NAMES AND SUPPOSED BENEFACTORS, Robert Eyres Landor; Chapter 45 TITUS FLAMINIUS, Robert Eyres Landor; Chapter 46 THE BLACK TENTS, Alexander William Kinglake; Chapter 47 THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY, Lord Macaulay; Chapter 48 THE SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY : COMMENCED, Lord Macaulay; Chapter 49 THE SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY: RAISED, Lord Macaulay; Chapter 50 GIFTS, Ralph Waldo Emerson; Chapter 51 MARCUS AURELIUS, Matthew Arnold;
