When it was first published in 1989, Susan Miller s "Rescuing the Subject: A Critical Introduction to Rhetoric and the Writer "established a landmark pedagogical approach to composition based on the importance of the writer and the act of writing in the history of rhetoric. Widely used as an introduction to rhetoric and composition theory for graduate students, the volume was the first winner of the W. Ross Winterowd Award from "JAC "and is still one of the most frequently cited books in the field.This first paperback edition includes a new introductory chapter in which Miller addresses...
When it was first published in 1989, Susan Miller s "Rescuing the Subject: A Critical Introduction to Rhetoric and the Writer "established a landmark ...
In the middle of the eighteenth century, English literature, composition, and rhetoric were introduced almost simultaneously into colleges throughout the British cultural provinces. Professorships of rhetoric and belles lettres were established just as print was reaching a growing reading public and efforts were being made to standardize educated taste and usage. The provinces saw English studies as a means to upward social mobility through cultural assimilation. In the educational centers of England, however, the introduction of English represented a literacy crisis brought on by...
In the middle of the eighteenth century, English literature, composition, and rhetoric were introduced almost simultaneously into colleges througho...
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 "four corners" 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, which careers they enter, and how literature represents their experiences and aspirations.
Miller locates the origins of college English studies...
Thomas P. Miller defines college English studies as literacy studies and examines how it has evolved in tandem with broader developments in literac...
Considered the first significant teacher of rhetoric in America, John Witherspoon also introduced Scottish moral philosophy to this country and as president of Princeton University reformed the curriculum to give emphasis to both studies. He was an active pamphleteer on religious and political issues and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Editor Thomas P. Miller argues that Witherspoon s career exemplifies the Ciceronian ideal, and the eight selections Miller presents from the 1802 American edition of the"Works "corroborate that claim. This paperback edition includes a new preface...
Considered the first significant teacher of rhetoric in America, John Witherspoon also introduced Scottish moral philosophy to this country and as pre...