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A Short History of Writing Instruction: From Ancient Greece to Contemporary America

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A Short History of Writing Instruction: From Ancient Greece to Contemporary America

Author:   James J. Murphy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780415897457


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 May 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Short enough to be synoptic, yet long enough to be usefully detailed, A Short History of Writing Instruction is the ideal text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in rhetoric and composition. 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, the rise of vernaculars, and writing as a force for democratization. The collection is rich in scholarship and critical perspectives, which is made accessible through the robust list of pedagogical tools included, such as the Key Concepts listed at the beginning of each chapter, and the Glossary of Key Terms and Bibliography for Further Study provided at the end of the text. Further additions include increased attention to orthography, or the physical aspects of the writing process, new material on high school instruction, sections on writing in the electronic age, and increased coverage of women rhetoricians and writing instruction of women. A new chapter on writing instruction in Late Medieval Europe was also added to augment coverage of the Middle Ages, fill the gap in students' knowledge of the period, and present instructional methods that can be easily reproduced in the modern classroom.

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Author:   James J. Murphy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780415897457


ISBN 10:   0415897459
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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James J. Murphy is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English and the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis.

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