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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793912703321

Autore

Lueck Amy J. <1983->

Titolo

A shared history : writing in the high school, college, and university, 1856-1886 / / Amy J. Lueck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-8093-3743-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Collana

Writing research, pedagogy, and policy

Disciplina

808.042071073

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : high schools, higher learning, and our histories -- The idea(l) of the high school -- A polished, practical, or profound education : collegiate curricula in the first ten years -- Practical rhetoric and progressive pedagogies in the high schools -- The "absurd effort" : the university idea and the changing high school -- "Just on the border of the intellectual world" : Central Colored High School -- Inventing the high school, inventing composition -- Conclusion : blurring the boundaries; a history for writing across higher schooling.

Sommario/riassunto

"The author demonstrates that public high schools were a vital site for advanced rhetoric and writing instruction in the United States in the nineteenth century. She notes their long-neglected role in the history of composition studies and provides a shared history for secondary and college and university teachers"--