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Before Shaughnessy : basic writing at Yale and Harvard, 1920-1960 / Kelly Ritter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritter, Kelly
- Series:
- Studies in writing & rhetoric
- CCCC studies in writing & rhetoric
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--Case studies.
- English language.
- Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--Case studies.
- Report writing.
- Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--Case studies.
- Academic writing.
- Writing centers--Case studies.
- Writing centers.
- Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher).
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 171 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Locating first-year composition
- (Re)defining basic in context
- Before 1960: the rise of the boneheads
- The "awkward squad" and basic writing at Yale
- Beyond English A: Harvard's basic writers and "fatherly" advice
- Looking forward, looking back: locating basic writing today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809329243
- 0809329247
- OCLC:
- 291908060
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