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Writing on the Margins

Essays on Composition and Teaching

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  • © 2005

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  1. David Bartholomae

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Living in Style

    1. Living in Style

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 1-16

  3. The Study of Error

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. The Study of Error

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 19-35

    3. Released into Language: Errors, Expectations, and the Legacy of Mina Shaughnessy

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 36-59

    4. Inventing the University

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 60-85

    5. Wanderings: Misreadings, Miswritings, Misunderstandings

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 86-110

    6. Writing on the Margins: The Concept of Literacy in Higher Education

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 111-127

    7. Telling Secrets: Student Readers and Disciplinary Authorities

      • Carolyn C. Ball, Laura Dice
      Pages 128-147

    8. Postscript: The Study of Error

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 148-153

  4. Teaching Composition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Teaching Basic Writing: An Alternative to Basic Skills

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 157-176

    3. Writing Assignments: Where Writing Begins

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 177-191

    4. Against the Grain

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 192-200

    5. Wistful and Admiring: The Rhetoric of Combination

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 201-216

    6. The Reading of Reading

      • I. A. Richards, M. J. Adler
      Pages 217-227

    7. Producing Adult Readers: 1930–50

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 228-243

    8. The Argument of Reading

      • David Bartholomae
      Pages 244-254

    9. Stop Making Sense: An Interview with David Bartholomae

      • John Boe, Eric Schroeder
      Pages 255-271

    10. Introduction: Ways of Reading

      • Anthony Petrosky
      Pages 272-288
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About this book

A collection of twenty-one essays by David Bartholomae, Writing on the Margins includes selections that have helped shape the discipline of composition studies. With a wide-ranging introduction and three retrospective postscripts to set the essays in context, it serves as a valuable reference and as a powerful introduction to crucial issues in the field. This book has been awarded the MLA's Mina P. Shaugnessy Award, recognizing an outstanding research publication on the teaching of English.

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'Writing on the Margins offers a comprehensive overview of this field, based on the author's prominent involvement in the field since its significant expansion in the 1970s.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Pittsburgh, USA

    David Bartholomae

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DAVID BARTHOLOMAE is Chair of the English Department, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

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