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.

Author: John C. Brereton
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 01/04/1996
Pages: 584
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780822955351