{"product_id":"rhetoric-and-reality-james-a-berlin-9780809313600","title":"Rhetoric and Reality: Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900 - 1985","description":"\u003cp\u003eBerlin here continues his unique history of American college com­position begun in his \u003ci\u003eWriting Instruction in Nineteenth-Century Colleges \u003c\/i\u003e(1984), turning now to the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn discussing the variety of rhetorics that have been used in writ­ing classrooms Berlin introduces a taxonomy made up of three cate­gories: objective rhetorics, subjective rhetorics, and transactional rhetorics, which are distinguished by the epistemology on which each is based. He makes clear that these categories are not tied to a chronology but instead are to be found in the English department in one form or another during each decade of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis historical treatment includes an examination of the formation of the English department, the founding of the NCTE and its role in writing instruction, the training of teachers of writing, the effects of progressive education on writing instruction, the General Education Movement, the appearance of the CCCC, the impact of Sputnik, and today's \"literacy crisis.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James A. Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080931360X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809313600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.51w x 0.51d","brand":"James A. Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072451932415,"sku":"9780809313600","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca3e48fd-63e8-4b56-918f-2c35abf5ccd7.jpg?v=1685442050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rhetoric-and-reality-james-a-berlin-9780809313600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}