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Author:   D. Bartholomae
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2005
ISBN:  

9781349734252

ISBN 10:   134973425
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   14 January 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE STUDY OF ERROR The Study of Error Released into Language: Errors, Expectations and the Legacy of Mina Shaughnessy Inventing the University Wanderings: Misreadings, Miswritings, and Misunderstandings Writing on the Margins: The Concept of Literacy in Higher Education Telling Secrets: Student Readers and Disciplinary Authorities; Carolyn Ball & Laura Dice Postscript: The Study of Error PART TWO: TEACHING COMPOSITION Teaching Basic Writing: An Alternative to Basic Skills Writing Assignments: Where Writing Begins Against the Grain Wistful and Admiring: The Rhetoric of Combination The Reading of Reading; I. A. Richards and M. J. Adler Producing Adult Readers, 1930-1950 The Argument of Reading Stop Making Sense: An Interview with David Bartholomae Introduction: Ways of Reading; Anthony Petrosky Postscript: Teaching Composition PART THREE: THE PROFESSION Freshman English, Composition, and CCCC The Tidy House: Basic Writing in the American Curriculum What is Composition (and If You Know What That Is) Why Do We Teach It? Composition: 1900-2000 Literacy and Departments of Language and Literature Reading and Writing in the Academy: A Conversation with David Bartholomae Postscript: The Profession

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'Writing on the Margins offers a comprehensive overview of this field, based on the author's prominent involvement in the field since its significant expansion in the 1970s.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

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DAVID BARTHOLOMAE is Chair of the English Department, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

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