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Writing a thesis : a guide to long essays and dissertations

Title: Writing a thesis : a guide to long essays and dissertations / George Watson.
Author: Watson, George, 1927-2013.
Publication: London ; New York : Longman, 1987.

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Description

viii, 120 pages; 22 cm

Summary

This text aims to stimulate literary and historical research on the one hand, while disciplining it on the other.

Subject

Genre/Form

Academic Dissertation
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 119-120.

Contents

Part one, The approach. Why scholars write -- Am I stupid enough? -- The fear of eccentricity -- The lure of theory -- Choosing a theme -- Arranging it -- The writing bloc -- Discovery -- Interviews -- Bad arguments -- Part two, The techniques. Questions of style -- The art of quoting -- Editing a text -- Manuscripts and their uses -- Making a bibliography -- Other theses, other books -- Acknowledgement -- Teaching and being taught -- Classes and seminars -- Learning a language -- Publishing.

ISBN

0582494656
9780582494657

LCCN

86002818

OCLC

ocm13270836
13270836
SCSB-8903296

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library