Before Shaughnessy
Subtitle: basic writing at Yale and Harvard, 1920-1960
By: Kelly Ritter.
Series: CCCC studies in writing & rhetoric
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780809329243
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Case studies; Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Case studies; Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Case studies; Writing centers -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ocating first-year composition; title: (Re)defining basic in context; title: Before 1960: the rise of the boneheads; title: The Awkward squad and basic writing at Yale; title: Beyond English a: Harvard's basic writers and fatherly advice; title: Looking forward, looking back: locating basic writing today.