The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875–1925

The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875–1925

Author: John C. Brereton

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 1996-01-15

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 0822990563

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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.