The Evolution of College English: Literacy Studies from the Puritans to the Postmoderns

by Thomas P. Miller

Thomas P. Miller defines college English studies as literacy studies and examines how it has evolved in tandem with broader developments in literacy and the literate. He maps out \u201cfour corners\u201d of English departments: literature, language studies, teacher education, and writing studies. Miller identifies their development with broader changes in the technologies and economies of literacy that have redefined what students write and read,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822961164
• ISBN13: 9780822961161
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"