Composition: History and Theory
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Theory and the Composition Classroom
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1600 - 1699
1700 - 1799
1800 - 1865
Coeducation and the Oral Tradition
1865 - 1899
1900 - 1919
The Rhetoric of Liberal Culture
1920 - 1929
The Rise of Single-Mode Textbooks
Current Traditional vs. Expressionistic Rhetoric
1930 - 1939
From the Student’s Point of View
1940 - 1949
The Rise of Expository Writing
Composition Theory: Expressive Rhetoric
1950 - 1959
Purpose-Based Approaches to Teaching Writing
1960 - 1969
1970 - 1979
1980 - 1989
Rhetoric and Composition: A Fractured Field