Book Review Writing Guide 旁聽Vaidik老師的課，今天她轉發了一封如何寫書評的電郵，感覺不錯，轉帖過來。

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（原文轉自http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/historyandclassics/BookReviewWritingGuide.cfm）BookReviewWritingGuideTABLEOFCONTENTSA.IntroductionB.Stage1:AsYouReadC.Stage2:AsYouPreparetoWriteD.Stage3:AsYouWriteE.Multi-bookReviewINTRODUCTIONAbookreviewismuchmorethanabookreport.Ratherthanasimplesummaryofabook'scontents,areviewisacriticalessayevaluatingahistoricalwork.Itspurposeisnottoprovethatyoureadthebook-althoughyoustillneedtodothat-buttoshowthatyoucanthinkcriticallyaboutwhatyouread.Youshouldwriteacoherentanalysisofthebook,illustratingitsstrengthsandweaknesses.Youcanseeexamplesofreviewsinvirtuallyanyhistoricaljournal,whichmayhelpyoutowriteyourownpaper.Reviewsarenotsimplybusywork,butavitalpartofacademiclife,asyouwillseeinthejournals.Mostprofessorsregularlyreadandwritereviewstofindinterestingbooks,stayinformedofnewwork,andensurethattheirvoicescontinuetobeheard.Abookreviewrequiresalotofthoughtandeffort,whichthishandoutwillhelpyouwith.Theprocesscanbebrokenintothreemainstages:asyouread;asyoupreparetowrite;and,asyouwrite.Withineachstagethereareaseriesofquestionsandfactorstoconsiderasyouworkonyourreview.Manyoftheseissuesareinterrelated,however,inthisguidetheyarebrokenuptomakethemeasiertounderstand.STAGE1:ASYOUREADYoushouldconsiderthefollowingissueswhileyouarereadingthebooktohelpyoubetterevaluateit.Makenotesasyouread,soyoudon'tforgetyourobservationsorhavetogobackandhuntoutreferences.a)Purpose:Whatwastheauthor'sintentbehindthebook?Didsheorhestateitexplicitly,ordidyouhavetoinferit?Doesthebookhaveaclearcentralthesis?b)Interpretation:Oneofthekeypartsofwritinghistoryisinterpretingwhathappened,drawingconnections,andexplainingthesignificanceofevents.Howdoestheauthordothis?Doessheorhemakeexplicituseofamodeofanalysisorthe