Composition as a Human Science: Contributions to the Self-Understanding of a Discipline - Softcover

Phelps, Louise Wetherbee

 
9780195067828: Composition as a Human Science: Contributions to the Self-Understanding of a Discipline
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ISBN 10: 0195067827 ISBN 13: 9780195067828
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

The last twenty years have seen an explosion of writing programmes in American schools and universities. However, while composition has firmly established itself as a subject worthy of study, the major philosophical premises that differentiate a subject from a discipline have yet to be agreed upon. This book goes some way to resolving these problems.

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Drawing on wide reading in cognitive science, linguistics, literary theory, education, philosophy, hermeneutics, rhetoric, and psychology, Phelps arrives at a new conception of composition as a discipline linked to many sciences and humanities rather than merely a branch of literary studies; and further defines its link to the broader cultural themes of rhetoric, writing, praxis, and context.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195067827
ISBN 13 
9780195067828
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288

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