Chatbots are sure to have a significant impact on the way we read, write, and think. For better or worse, they are being used to find information, influence public opinion, diagnose illness, and shape political discussion online. How did we get to this point, and what can we do to prepare? Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, tak...(展开全部)

Chatbots are sure to have a significant impact on the way we read, write, and think. For better or worse, they are being used to find information, influence public opinion, diagnose illness, and shape political discussion online. How did we get to this point, and what can we do to prepare? Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, tak...(展开全部)

In recent years, the world of animation has expanded far beyond the Saturday morning cartoons that generations of Americans grew up watching. Recent years have seen a boom in animation--hit prime-time television series, blockbuster cutting-edge digitally animated features, conventional animation The expanding market is luring writers who have an eye toward the future and an eag...(展开全部)

By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy’s most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic, and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, Eco published a little book for his students, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis. Since...(展开全部)

罗伊·彼得·克拉克（Roy Peter Clark），在美国佛罗里达州波因特学院（Poynter）教授写作，培养了包括托马斯·弗兰奇（Thomas French）、戴安娜·萨格（Diana Sugg）等一批普利策奖获奖作家。1977年他被《圣彼得堡时报》（St. Petersburg Press）聘请为美国最早的写作指导之一，与“美国报纸编辑协会”合作一道提升全美报纸的写作水平，被誉为“全美写作指导老师”。他曾入选名人堂，与同行安·兰德斯（Ann Landers）共享殊荣。他曾是美国瓦萨学院（Vassar College）的明星驻校作家，获得了与比利·柯林斯（Billy Collins）、萨尔曼·鲁西迪（Salman Rushdie）等作家同样的头衔。

In HOW TO WRITE SHORT, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed--from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing Internet age, short form writing has become an essential skill. Clark covers how to write effective and powerful titles, headlines, e...(展开全部)

This succinct introduction to modern theories of literature and the arts demonstrates how each theory is built and what it can accomplish. Represents a wide variety of theories, including phenomenological theory, hermeneutical theory, gestalt theory, reception theory, semiotic theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, anthropological theory, and feminist theory. Uses classic li...(展开全部)

An essential handbook for students and professionals on writing eloquently, accurately, and originally about contemporary art How to Write About Contemporary Art is the definitive guide to writing engagingly about the art of our time. Invaluable for students, arts professionals and other aspiring writers, the book first navigates readers through the key elements of style and co...(展开全部)

You've always dreamed of writing science fiction and fantasy tales that pull readers into extraordinary new worlds and fantastic conflicts. Best-selling author Orson Scott Card shows you how it's done, distilling years of writing experience and publishing success into concise, no-nonsense advice. You'll learn how to: • utilize story elements that define the science fiction and ...(展开全部)