Composition as a Human Science - Contributions to the Self-Understanding of a Discipline (Paperback)

This groundbreaking collection of essays is one of the first works to reflect directly and systematically on the conceptual and ethical basis for composition studies as a new discipline of written language. Phelps articulates a philosophy of composition generous enough to accommodate all the strands of current work without being overly eclectic--an open framework subject to modification and addition as the field develops. She draws on wide reading in the humanities and social sciences--including cognitive science, linguistics, literary theory, education, philosophy, hermeneutics, rhetoric, and psychology--to define the contribution and place of composition studies within the larger intellectual and cultural community. The book will therefore interest theorists and scholars in a wide variety of fields.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1991
First published:	July 1991
Authors:	Louise Wetherbee Phelps (Professor of English and Director of Writing Program)
Dimensions:	217 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	282
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-506782-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
LSN:	0-19-506782-7
Barcode:	9780195067828

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