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Title: Composition in the University: Historical and Polemical Essays (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture) by Sharon Crowley ISBN: 0-8229-5660-8 Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: half-star
Comment: Some of these essays are familiar, and are no fresher in their reprinted form in this volume. Crowley's polemics are tiresome and her remarks about the role of first-year writing courses in the college curriculum are neither radical nor particularly useful. I can imagine educators cheering at certain portions of this volume, but the after-effect is that it was merely another exercise in reading, an occasion for an author/educator to "vent" spleen on the profession. It's hard to admire this work.
Rating: 1
Summary: Refund!
Comment: Why did I buy this book? Crowley manages to quote and cite herself enough to make me realize that her intended audience must be herself! At least she's honest: these ARE "polemical essays." But do we really need more polemics in higher education? This profession isn't polemical enough already?
Rating: 2
Summary: puzzled
Comment: I want to say I like this book. There are elements in it that are striking-- insightful. But I found myself feeling burdened by the tone of the book-- an incessantly polemical stance that Crowley takes on so many issues. I don't disagree with her; indeed, I agree with a good deal of what she says about first year composition in the university. But there is already so much didactic material in English studies and in the academy, in general. This book made me think of a relentless school teacher telling everyone where our previous education has gone wrong.
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Title: Rhetoric and Reality Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900-1985 (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric) by James A. Berlin ISBN: 080931360X Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 1987 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Textual Carnivals: The Politics of Composition by Susan Miller, Susan Nmiller ISBN: 0809319225 Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: October, 1993 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Composition-Rhetoric: Backgrounds, Theory, and Pedagogy (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture) by Robert J. Connors ISBN: 0822956306 Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture) by Lester Faigley ISBN: 0822954923 Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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