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In Brief

‘Rather than offering a model of writing based on established formulas or templates, Cioffi urges writers to envision argument as an active parsing of experience that imaginatively reinvents the world.’ (from the back cover description)

Reading Details

:book: The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers | Princeton UP
By: Frank L. Cioffi
Started: 2026-09-04
Finished: 2026-09-19
Amount read: 357 of 357 pages , or 100%

357 pages
Genre: theory and book
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Randall, Ryan P. “The Imaginative Argument: A Practical Manifesto for Writers”. Published May 19, 2025. https://www.ryanpatrickrandall.com/notes/Reading/Books/cioffi-the-imaginative-argument. Accessed on .