Before Shaughnessy Basic Writing at Yale and Harvard, 1920-1960
In Before Shaughnessy: Basic Writing at Yale and Harvard, 1920-1960, Kelly Ritter uses materials from the archives at Harvard and Yale and contemporary theories of writing instruction to reconsider the definition of basic writing and basic writers within a socio-historical context. Ritter challenges...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press
2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies in writing & rhetoric. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32552014*spi |
| Sumario: | In Before Shaughnessy: Basic Writing at Yale and Harvard, 1920-1960, Kelly Ritter uses materials from the archives at Harvard and Yale and contemporary theories of writing instruction to reconsider the definition of basic writing and basic writers within a socio-historical context. Ritter challenges the association of basic writing with only poorly funded institutions and poorly prepared students. Using Yale and Harvard as two sample case studies, Ritter shows that basic writing courses were alive and well, even in the Ivy League, in the early twentieth century. She argues not only that bas. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 191 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 155-163) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781336153639 9780809389865 |
