Composition in Four Keys: Inquiring into the Field Art, Nature, Science, Politics

Wiley, Mark; Gleason, Barbara; Phelps, Louise Whetherbee

ISBN 10: 155934265X / ISBN 13: 9781559342650

Published by Mayfield Pub Co, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Composition in Four Keys: Inquiring into the Field Art, Nature, Science, Politics
• Publisher: Mayfield Pub Co
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155934265X
• ISBN 13: 9781559342650
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: N/A
• Seller catalogs:
  • Writing

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Synopsis

Intended primarily for courses required of graduate students teaching composition and upper-division students majoring in rhetoric, Composition in Four Keys introduces novice scholars to the literature of composition and rhetoric and helps them find patterns to make that literature intelligible.

From the Publisher

An innovative organizational structure. The division of the readings into the categories Nature, Art, Science, and Politics draws upon students' common sense understanding to make the readings intelligible. Moreover, this structure provides students with a powerful tool for organizing their further reading and for understanding new trends in the diverse field of composition studies.
Reading selections that were written within the last twenty-five years when scholars and teachers of writing have begun to search for ways to articulate a new discipline of written language. The text also clearly acknowledges the importance of classical rhetoric to the development of current theory.
A general introduction, "Mapping Composition," that explains the editors' approach and invites readers to be "proactive, creative, inquiring, and curious trying on the role of scholars in rhetoric and composition and treating the authors as their potential colleagues."
Pedagogical apparatus that includes a general introduction and introductions to each part.