Drawing upon previously unpublished archival materials as well as historical accounts, Gere traces the history of writing groups in America, from their origins over a century ago to their recent reappearance in the works of Macrorie, Elbow, Murray, and others. From this historical perspective Gere examines the theoretical foundations of writing groups, challenging the traditional concept of writing as an individual performance. She offers instead a broader view of authorship that includes both individual and social dimensions, with implications not only for the teaching of composition but...
Drawing upon previously unpublished archival materials as well as historical accounts, Gere traces the history of writing groups in America, from thei...
Lucille M. Schultz's "The Young Composers: Composition"'"s Beginnings in Nineteenth-Century Schools" is the first full-length history of school-based writing instruction. Schultz demonstrates that writing instruction in nineteenth-century American schools is much more important in the overall history of writing instruction than we have previously assumed.
Drawing on primary materials that have not been considered in previous histories of writing instructionlittle-known textbooks and student writing that includes prize-winning essays, journal entries, letters, and articles written for...
Lucille M. Schultz's "The Young Composers: Composition"'"s Beginnings in Nineteenth-Century Schools" is the first full-length history of school-bas...
Through a blend of personal narrative, cultural and literary analysis, and discussions about teaching, "Minor Re/Visions: Asian American Literacy Narratives as a Rhetoric of Citizenship "shows how people of color use reading and writing to develop and articulate notions of citizenship. Morris Young begins with a narration of his own literacy experiences to illustrate the complicated relationship among literacy, race, and citizenship and to reveal the tensions that exist between competing beliefs and uses of literacy among those who are part of dominant American culture and those who are...
Through a blend of personal narrative, cultural and literary analysis, and discussions about teaching, "Minor Re/Visions: Asian American Literacy Narr...