Composition In The University: Historical and Polemical Essays

by Sharon Crowley

Book Overview

Composition in the University examines the required introductory course in composition within American colleges and universities. Crowley argues that due to its association with literary studies in English departments, composition instruction has been inappropriately influenced by humanist pedagogy and that modern humanism is not a satisfactory rationale for the study of writing. Crowley envisions possible nonhumanist rationales that could be developed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956608
• ISBN13: 9780822956600
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"