A shared history : writing in the high school, college, and university, 1856-1886 / Amy J. Lueck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lueck, Amy J., 1983- author.

Series:

Writing research, pedagogy, and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States--History--19th century.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages).

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The author demonstrates that public high schools were a vital site for advanced rhetoric and writing instruction in the United States in the nineteenth century. She notes their long-neglected role in the history of composition studies and provides a shared history for secondary and college and university teachers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : high schools, higher learning, and our histories

The idea(l) of the high school

A polished, practical, or profound education : collegiate curricula in the first ten years

Practical rhetoric and progressive pedagogies in the high schools

The "absurd effort" : the university idea and the changing high school

"Just on the border of the intellectual world" : Central Colored High School

Inventing the high school, inventing composition

Conclusion : blurring the boundaries; a history for writing across higher schooling.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8093-3743-6