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December 26, 2004

Texts in composition history

As part of the January 27 assignment, each class member will overview one work in composition history and report on its historical methods and methodology. The purpose of this exercise is for you to understand the range of options available for your own research project for this course.


  1. Adams, A Group of Their Own: College Writing Courses and American Women Writers, 1880-1940 = Kelly's
  2. Brereton, The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875-1925: A Documentary History
  3. Brody, Manly Writing: Gender, Rhetoric, and the Rise of Composition: Jen's got this one
  4. Campbell, ed. Toward a Feminist Rhetoric: The Writing of Gertrude Buck. Derek has volunteered for this one.
  5. Crowley, The Methodical Memory: Invention in Current-Traditional Rhetoric
  6. Gage, intro. Rhetoric in American Colleges, 1850-1900, by Albert Kitzhaber. Chris has claimed this one
  7. Gere, Intimate Practices : Literacy and Cultural Work in U.S. Women's Clubs, 1880-1920: Carolyn has this one.
  8. Goggin, Authoring a Discipline: Scholarly Journals and the Post-World War II Emergence of Rhetoric and Composition. Ty has lined up for this
  9. Hawisher, LeBlanc, Moran, and Selfe. Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education, 1979-1994: A History
  10. Howard, Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Plagiarists, Authors, Collaborators
  11. Kates, Activist Rhetorics and American Higher Education, 1885-1937: Jeremiah's
  12. L'Eplattenier and Mastrangelo, Historical Studies of Writing Program Administration
  13. LeFevre, Invention as a Social Act: Aleshia has claimed this one
  14. Miller, Assuming the Positions: Cultural Pedagogy and the Politics of Commonplace Writing
  15. Murphy, ed. A Short History of Writing Instruction: From Ancient Greece to Modern America. 2nd ed. 2001. property of Ruby
  16. North, The Making of Knowledge in Composition: Portrait of an Emerging Field: property of Tyra
  17. Ohmann, English in America: A Radical View of the Profession, with a New Introduction. 1996. Gale has this one
  18. Paine, The Resistant Writer:  Rhetoric as Immunity, 1850 to the Present : Elisa wants this one—probably.
  19. Parks, Class Politics: The Movement for the Students' Right to Their Own Language: this is Denise's
  20. Roen, Brown, and Enos, eds. Living Rhetoric and Composition: Stories of the Discipline: Vanessa
  21. Rosner, Boehm, and Journet, eds. History, Reflection, and Narrative: The Professionalization of Composition 1963-1983
  22. Russell, David R. Writing in the Academic Disciplines, 1870-1990: A Curricular History. 2nd ed.
  23. Salvatori, Pedagogy: Disturbing History, 1819-1929: Ina
  24. Schultz, The Young Composers: Composition's Beginnings in Nineteenth-Century Schools
  25. Varnum, Fencing with Words: A History of Writing Instruction at Amherst College during the Era of Theodore Baird, 1938-1966. (This one's Dianna's.)

If the book you choose isn't available in the library, I'll bring my copy to the office on January 18, and you can pick it up from the office staff. (Or if I hear from you before January 13, I'll bring it in on that day.)

Posted by senioritis at December 26, 2004 08:04 AM

Comments

I'm interested in either Gage or Goggin - Gage preferred.

Posted by: Chris at December 30, 2004 01:20 PM

Okay! You get Gage. And you got what's in a sense the easiest task in the bunch, to boot. Here's the deal: Rhetoric in American Colleges, 1850-1900 is Kitzhaber's doctoral dissertation. John Gage "edited" that disseration and got it published, after Kitzhaber's death. Your job, in overviewing the Gage/Kitzhaber book, is to figure out what was involved in Gage's job of editing it. Let me know whether you can get a copy from the library or whether I should bring mine in.

Posted by: senioritis at December 30, 2004 06:44 PM

I'll take
LeFevre, Invention as a Social Act

OR

North, The Making of Knowledge in Composition: Portrait of an Emerging Field

Posted by: aj at January 3, 2005 07:27 PM

All righty, Aleshia. Since you list LeFevre first, you get that one!

Posted by: senioritis at January 3, 2005 10:26 PM

Yay! I got to read comments. I wonder if it
works better from off-campus?

I'd like to do Gere, but if Goggin or Campbell is not volunteered for, I'll take whichever of those is needed.

clo

Posted by: Carolyn Ostrander at January 7, 2005 07:42 PM

Thanks, Carolyn. I'll put you down for Gere. If nobody volunteers for Gere and Campbell, the last people to sign up get 'em.

Posted by: senioritis at January 7, 2005 08:52 PM

can i call dibs on north since aleshia got lefevre instead? or ought i take the dutiful minion role and ask for your text here? :)

Posted by: tyratae at January 7, 2005 10:03 PM

Dutiful minion? Thou? Perish the thought! you get North.

Posted by: senioritis at January 7, 2005 10:15 PM

Blog is working for me if you all get this. My copy of Ohmann is 1976, so I'll have to see if the library has the more recent one. gpcj

Posted by: Gale at January 8, 2005 11:57 AM

I've got the 1996 Ohmann (and all these other books) if the library doesn't.

Posted by: senioritis at January 8, 2005 12:24 PM

The library doesn't have the 1996 Ohmann, so that would be great if I could borrow it. gpcj

Posted by: Gale at January 8, 2005 03:42 PM

Check. I'll bring it in on 1/13. In the past there have been problems with books disappearing from staffroom mailboxes, so I'll leave it with Chris Palmer, and you can get it from her.

Posted by: senioritis at January 8, 2005 03:56 PM

Could I get the Brody text? If not, I'll do the feminist rhetoric on Buck. Just let me know.

Jen

Posted by: jenwingard at January 9, 2005 07:38 PM

I apologize if this is doubled, but I don't see it here, so I am trying again.

I would like the brody or campbell texts.

Thanks,

Jen

Posted by: jenwingard at January 9, 2005 07:58 PM

OK, Jen. You get Brody.
& BTW: the reason you didn't see your comment is that the entry is now an old one, and the platform's spam screening was worried that you weren't legit. Hence I had to "enable" the comment before it could appear. It will be interesting to see whether it continues to do that with new comments on this entry. So everybody, if you make a comment that doesn't immediately appear, that's what's going on.

Posted by: senioritis at January 9, 2005 11:52 PM

Oh, and could I borrow the book from you Becky? I should be by the office either this Wed or Thurs, or next week . . . what ever works for you. And I realized what happened with the comment after I posted the second comment and read you note about authorization . . . hmmmm, do you have a history on reading instructions I could read? : )

Posted by: Jenwingard at January 10, 2005 12:07 AM

Sure, I'll bring Brody in when I come on Thu.

Posted by: profB at January 10, 2005 07:59 AM

With approval, I'll report on Campbell.

Posted by: Derek at January 10, 2005 03:05 PM

Hi Becky, I would like to do this one:Parks, Class Politics: The Movement for the Students' Right to Their Own Language


Posted by: Denise at January 10, 2005 03:15 PM

Okay, why is my choice under Derek's name? For the record, I (Denise) would like to do Class Politics: The Movement for the Student's Right to Their Own Language. Sorry for the duplicate listing!


Posted by: Denise at January 10, 2005 03:23 PM

Parks is yours, Denise; and Derek, you have Campbell.

Posted by: senioritis at January 10, 2005 07:11 PM

Okay, so I'm feeling awfully slow on the uptake. However, I will go ahead and be the tp and claim Goggin's Authoring a Discipline.

Posted by: Ty at January 12, 2005 01:00 PM

Murphy, ed. A Short History of Writing Instruction: From Ancient Greece to Modern America. 2nd ed. 2001.

Posted by: Ruby at January 16, 2005 06:28 PM

I really, really, REALLY want to report on Varnum!

Posted by: di at January 18, 2005 03:53 PM

I will take Adams: A Group of Their Own: College Writing Courses and American Women Writers, 1880-1940

Posted by: kelly at January 19, 2005 11:16 AM

hey, y'all-
i'm looking at _the resistant writer: rhetoric as immunity_ and _computers and the teaching of writing in american higher education_. think i'm leaning toward the first one.
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Posted by: elisa at January 19, 2005 12:22 PM

I am interested in Susan Kates' "Activist Rhetorics" but am having a little trouble locating the book. Y'see, the library *says* the book is available but, when I went to the shelf, it was not there (didn't that happen to Old Mother Hubbard's dog?). I will return to the library today to look again.

Could I borrow a copy from you, professor?

-JT

Posted by: Jeremiah at January 19, 2005 12:40 PM

Elisa,

I happened to pick up The Resistant Writer from the Library last night (I was thinking about it, too, but Kates is my first choice). How can I get it to you?

-JT

Posted by: Jeremiah at January 19, 2005 12:43 PM

Becky,
Living Rhetoric... (Roen, Brown and Enos) has been checked out until June. May I borrow your copy?
Vanessa

Posted by: Vanessa Watts at January 21, 2005 02:50 PM

Sure, Vanessa, I'll be glad to lend you mine. I'll bring it in Monday.

Posted by: senioritis at January 21, 2005 04:18 PM