This collection--of the stories of scholars who have found a
lifelong commitment to the teaching of writing--includes the
professional histories of 19 rhetoricians and compositionists who
explain how they came to fall in love with the written word and
with teaching. Their stories are filled with personal
anecdotes--some funny, some touching, some mundane. All of the
stories are fascinating because they demonstrate how scholars'
personal and professional lives intertwine.
These stories also help to situate the scholars, their work, and,
importantly, the development of the profession. They reveal how the
field of rhetoric and composition is shaped by the confluences of
various disciplines such as literary studies, creative writing,
philosophy, and education. Of note are the disparate paths and
backgrounds that people have taken to achieve their professional
stature. The narratives, however, are most revelatory in describing
the forging of a discipline as it reasserts its value within the
academy and to the students it serves.
Arranged in a loose chronological order, the essays reflect the
progression of rhetoric and composition studies from the ad hoc
scrambling of post-World War II teachers into a vibrant and growing
discipline with more than 70 doctoral programs producing
specialized scholars, researchers, and teachers of writing. The
chapter authors represent the variety of camps that now comprise
the diverse discipline of rhetoric and composition. Whether
historian, researcher, theorist, or practitioner, however, what
these contributors share in common is being teachers.
The narratives are collected from senior members of the profession
so that their stories can be preserved for future generations of
scholars and teachers in the field. This collection is not only a
record of their contributions and some of the benchmarks in the
field, but an opportunity for the writers to provide us with their
reflections and retrospection. Keep in mind as you read their
stories that they are narratives for the most part, and as such,
are transient. They take us to a certain point in the writer's
life, but stop while the writer goes on. Still, they provide an
orientation to the profession while revealing the scholar behind
the scholarship.
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