History, Reflection, and Narrative: The Professionalization of Composition 1963-1983 (Perspectives on Writing: Theory, Research, Practice)
Contributors: Mary Rosner (Editor); Beth Boehm (Editor); Debra Journet (Editor)
Publisher: Ablex Publishing
Published: December 21, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781567503975
Subjects: Creative writing guides; Rhetoric; Study and teaching (Higher); c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; English language; Training of; English Composition; English Language History; Report writing; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; History: American; Language; United States; English teachers; Communication; General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication; 20th century; Study and teaching; History
First sentence: Growing older within any intellectual field has both its pleasures and terrors: The excitement and stress of entry into the Burkean parlor, the Whitewater canoe ride of achieving tenure and disciplinary maturity, the (always unexpected) revelation of the extra work that comes with seniority, and, finally, the gradual letting go into younger hands of the work to which one has devoted one's life.