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A Counter-History of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity by Byron Hawk β€” book cover

A Counter-History of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity

by Byron Hawk
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Synopsis

Contests the assumption that vitalism and contemporary rhetoric represent opposing, disconnected poles in the writing tradition. Vitalism has been historically linked to expressivism and dismissed as innate and unteachable, whereas rhetoric is seen as a rational, teachable method for producing argumentative texts. Hawk calls for the reexamination of current pedagogies to incorporate vitalism and complexity theory and argues for their application in the environments where students write and think today.

About the Author, Byron Hawk

Byron Hawk is assistant professor of English at George Mason University.

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Book Details

Published
November 1, 2007
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780822959731

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