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Peer reviewedTedlock, David – College Composition and Communication, 1986
Notes that George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is frequently encountered in textbooks that ignore the existence of the original audience. Argues that textbook editors thereby misinform students by failing to show how writers recognize and write to particular audiences, and how writers' specific audiences determine many of the authors'…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Editing, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship
