The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History
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.
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The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History
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.
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The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History

The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History

by John C. Brereton (Editor)
The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History

The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History

by John C. Brereton (Editor)

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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.

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ISBN-13: 9780822955351
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 01/04/1996
Series: Composition, Literacy, and Culture
Edition description: 1
Pages: 584
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)
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