This groundbreaking collection of essays is one of the first works to reflect directly and systematically on the conceptual and ethical basis for composition studies as a new discipline of written language. Phelps articulates a philosophy of composition generous enough to accommodate...
Although composition has in the last twenty years established itself intellectually and institutionally as a field of inquiry with its own distinctive subject matter, it remains in a state of anarchy regarding fundamental premises and values. This groundbreaking collection of...