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Title A short history of writing instruction : from ancient Greece to the modern United States / edited by James J. Murphy, Christopher Thaiss
Edition Fourth edition
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations
Summary "This newly revised 30th Anniversary edition provides a robust scholarly introduction to the history of writing instruction in the West from Ancient Greece to the present-day United States. It preserves the legacy of writing instruction from antiquity to contemporary times with a unique focus on the material, educational, and institutional context of the Western rhetorical tradition. Its longitudinal approach enables students to track the recurrence over time of not only specific teaching methods, but also major issues such as social purpose, writing as power, the effect of technologies, orthography, the rise of vernaculars, writing as a force for democratization, and the roles of women in rhetoric and writing instruction. Each chapter provides pedagogical tools including a Glossary of Key Terms and a Bibliography for Further Study. In this edition, expanded coverage of 21st century issues includes Writing Across the Curriculum pedagogy, pedagogy for multilingual writers, and social media. A Short History of Writing Instruction is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in writing studies, rhetoric and composition, and the history of education"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes James J. Murphy is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English and the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis. Christopher Thaiss is Professor Emeritus of Writing Studies in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 03, 2020)
Subject Authorship -- Study and teaching -- History
Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- History
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric
Authorship -- Study and teaching
Rhetoric -- Study and teaching
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Murphy, James Jerome, editor.
Thaiss, Christopher, 1948- editor.
LC no. 2019050835
ISBN 9781003020899
1003020895
9781000053555
1000053555