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Author Harker, Michael, 1976- author.

Title The lure of literacy : a critical reception of the compulsory composition debate / Michael Harker
Published Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 150 pages)
Contents The lure of literacy -- The Sphinx riddle of freshman English: examining continuities of literacy in the great debate -- Recovering the reformists: articulating the educational reforms of compulsory composition -- In this spirit: the rhetoric of referencing a current and traditional complaint -- "What should colleges teach?: a proposal for a compulsory curriculum in first-year literacy studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-146) and index
Notes English
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Subject English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching.
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Literacy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Literacy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781438454962
1438454961