| The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History Contributor(s): Brereton, John C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0822955350 ISBN-13: 9780822955351 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1996 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Education | History - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 94019483 |
| Series: Composition, Literacy, and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.80 lbs) 584 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume describes the formative years of English composition courses in college through a study of the most prominent documents of the time: magazine articles, scholarly reports, early textbooks, teachers' testimonies-and some of the actual student papers that provoked discussion. Includes writings by leading scholars of the era such as Adams Sherman Hill, Gertrude Buck, William Edward Mead, Lane Cooper, William Lyon Phelps, and Fred Newton Scott. |
