The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875–1925

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The Origins of Composition Studies in the American College, 1875–1925 is written by John C. Brereton and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0822990563 (ISBN 10) and 9780822990567 (ISBN 13).

This volume describes the formative years of English composition courses in college through a study of the most prominent documents of the time: magazine articles, scholarly reports, early textbooks, teachers' testimonies-and some of the actual student papers that provoked discussion. Includes writings by leading scholars of the era such as Adams Sherman Hill, Gertrude Buck, William Edward Mead, Lane Cooper, William Lyon Phelps, and Fred Newton Scott.