 | The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875–1925: A Documentary History Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Education Higher -- United States -- History; This volume describes the formative years of English composition courses in college through a study of the most prominent documents of the time: magazine articles, scholarly reports, early textbooks, teachers' testimonies-and some of the actual student papers that provoked discussion. Includes writings by leading scholars of the era such as Adams Sherman Hill, Gertrude Buck, William Edward Mead, Lane Cooper, William Lyon Phelps, and Fred Newton Scott. John C. Brereton is professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. |
