The Power of Writing Dartmouth '66 in the Twenty-First Century
Why writing matters in higher education. At the 1966 Dartmouth Seminar, scholars gathered to debate the direction of English Studies in the academy. This debate had far-reaching effects and arguably forever changed writing instruction in the United States. To commemorate the 45th anniversary of this...
| Other Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Hanover, New Hampshire :
Dartmouth College Press
[2015]
|
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Subjects: | |
| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423015206719 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword: The Power of Writing by Michael Mastanduno
- Introduction: Updating Dartmouth by Joseph Harris
- Part 1: Sciences
- 1. Writing about Math for the Perplexed and the Traumatized by Steven Strogatz
- 2. Notes toward a Theory of Writing for the Public by Kathleen Blake Yancey
- 3. Writing in the Sciences by Daniel Rockmore
- Part 2: Social Sciences
- 4. The Good, Hard Work of Writing Well by David McCullough
- 5. Growing Writers: A Response to David McCullough by Keith Gilyard
- 6. History as a Laboratory for the Good, Hard Work of Writing Well by Leslie Butler
- Part 3: Interdisciplinary Studies
- 7. Writing and States of Emergency by Hortense J. Spillers
- 8. Her Prophetic Voice: A Response to Hortense Spillers by Patricia Bizzell
- 9. Being the Emergency: A Response to Hortense Spillers by Melanie Benson Taylor
- Part 4: Humanities
- 10. Listening to Write by Katherine Bergeron
- 11. Writing as a Performance of Language, Listening as an Act of Empathy by Maria Jerskey
- 12. The Power of Sound and Silence by Ioana Chitoran.
