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Teaching Subject, A: Composition Since 1966

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This is a book that is a good starting place for students of comp/rhet. It gives a fairly accurate feel for the discussion of the last 37 years and introduces the major voices of the comp/rhet movement.

That being said, I have to note that it is one of the dullest reads I've encountered in a very long time. Harris spends so much time detailing every voice and every argument since 1966 that he loses the energy that is evident in the writings of authors such as Elbow or Hacker or Bean.

This is really too bad, because comp/rhet studies is a challenging and growing field that more writing students and teachers of writers should be aware of---if for no other reason that it impacts the whole system of learning to write.