The origins of composition studies in the American college, 1875-1925 : a documentary history
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The origins of composition studies in the American college, 1875-1925 : a documentary history
（Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture）
University of Pittsburgh Press, c1995
- pbk. : acid-free paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-574) and index
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ISBN 9780822937838
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This work offers a detailed history of the way that American colleges have thought of and approached the teaching of the subject of English composition between 1875 and 1925. It highlights the way Harvard University's composition programme tackled the matter.
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pbk. : acid-free paper ISBN 9780822955351
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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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