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Book:
Augustine: A Very Short Introduction
by Henry Chadwick
1) A thesis.
A good review–like any good essay–has a clear thesis, which the entire paper argues and supports with evidence. For example, ?The author has written an intriguing book but fails to provide adequate evidence to support her argument.?
2) An explanation and evaluation of:
a. the author?s thesis and supporting arguments and evidence.
b. the author?s methodology and/or approach (e.g., is the book a biography? Is it social history? Military? Political?)
Read the book for thesis/argument, not just facts.
Demonstrate wherever possible your familiarity with the other scholarship on your work?s topic, how the book?s interpretation compares with others on the same or related topic, and how your selected book contributes to historiography.
3) An evaluation of the author?s sources.
Consider type, quality, and use of sources (keeping in mind the author?s purpose and intended audience).
Does the author use adequate and appropriate primary sources? Does he/she use them to present a convincing argument? Are only secondary sources used? If so, is the reason for using only secondary sources clear?
4) An explanation and evaluation of the book?s (a) organization and (b) contents.
Is the book arranged chronologically, topically, or some variation? Is this the best arrangement to accomplish the author?s goal?
Do NOT try to summarize every point in the book, BUT be sure to provide a clear sense of what the book?s contents are. Who wants to read a book if he/she does not know what is in it? Reviewers can often combine comments about contents with comments about thesis and organization. For example, a discussion of contents can provide information about how those contents are organized.
5) RELEVANT information about the author (such as profession, training, other works, politics, sex, religion, reputation).
Who is your author? Is he/she an historian (or journalist or political scientist or participant?)
Do not force irrelevant material into your review. For example, that a noted scholar has a B.A. from Podunk U. is NOT helpful in evaluating his/her expertise, but that he/she has written five other books on the same general topic might be.
Be sure to note if an author?s background is evident in his or her analysis, but be careful not to equate “bias” with ?interpretation?.
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