Hayot does more than explain the techniques of academic writing. He aims to adjust the writer's
perspective encouraging scholars to think of themselves as makers and doers of important work.
Scholarly writing can be frustrating and exhausting yet also satisfying and crucial and Hayot
weaves these experiences including his own trials and tribulations into an ethos for scholars
to draw on as they write. Combining psychological support with practical suggestions for
composing introductions and conclusions developing a schedule for writing using notes and
citations and structuring paragraphs and essays this guide to the elements of academic style
does its part to rejuvenate scholarship and writing in the humanities.
