The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875–1925: A Documentary History (Composition, Literacy, and Culture, 163)

The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875–1925: A Documentary History (Composition, Literacy, and Culture, 163)

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. With [this book] John C. Brereton does for composition studies what Gerald Graff and Michael Warner did in 1989 for literary studies: establishes a context for the discipline's institutionalization and professionalism in the academy. The anthology reprints key materials pertinent to the "origins" of composition instruction, with an emphasis on the first year course, focusing on the period in which it acquires a distinct institutional identity. ― Composition Studies This impressive scholarly work records, through source documents, the controversies surrounding the beginnings of college composition courses. ― The Quarterly 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. Winner, 1997 CCCC Outstanding Book Award John C. Brereton is professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Used Book in Good Condition