The Young Composers: Composition's Beginnings in Nineteenth-Century Schools (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric) (Paperback)

~ Professor Lucille M. Schultz (Author)

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“The Young Composers, which Schultz herself labels as ‘our profession’s first history of school-based writing instruction,’ is a groundbreaking text that reveals the true creativity of writing teachers, the innovations in the lower schools, and the complex origins of many teaching methods.”—JAC

“The study is a strong example of imagination, resourceful, and thorough archival research and it will be a valuable resource to future researchers for its bibliographies of nineteenth-century “composition and Language Arts Textbooks, Grammars, and Rhetorics” and “Student Writing” in addition to the list of Schultz’s secondary resources.”—CCC  

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This is a history of school-based writing instruction, with the author aiming to demonstrate that writing instruction in 19th-century American schools is more important than previously assumed.

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Product Details Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (April 28, 1999) Language: English ISBN-10: 0809322366 ISBN-13: 978-0809322367 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,824,520 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (April 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809322366
• ISBN-13: 978-0809322367
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,824,520 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for those interested in writing and education., August 16, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Oxford, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

The author serves us well by clarifying the idea of democratization of writing instruction, which began in the nineteenth century schools. It is the method of asking students to write about their own experiences, rather than following the works of great writers. As a result of her work the question can now be raised about which method makes for a better education. The author includes some interesting student essays, for example one from 1846 about the moral dangers of reading novels.

5.0 out of 5 stars An engaging history for anyone who loves to write., August 29, 1999

By	[e-mail], Kathy Doane (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews

As an editor who has been assocaited with newspapers and magazines for a number of years, I am interested in all aspects of writing, but Ms. Schultz's book, The Young Composers, is the first time I've had a clear picture of how writing instruction evolved along with our educational system in the last century. Although I am sure Ms. Schultz's primary audience are her colleagues who teach English throughout the country, The Young Composers presents a fascinating story in an engaging way that will interest anyone who loves putting words together. It is, in short, a fine piece of writing itself and well worth a read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Scholarly, but accessible, good background for the field, August 23, 1999

By	olddansker - See all my reviews

Although meticulously researched, this book is delightful to read, accessible, clear, and often amusing. It provides a new view of the development of contemporary ideas in the teaching of writing, helping us to understand the background of many debates still raging, for example, the role of personal experience in the development of student writers. Most interesting for the contemporary elementary or high school teacher is the revelation that so much that we consider innovative in writing instruction began in the schools not in the colleges. The book serves, then, as a useful corrective to the often elitist view of knowledge always being constructed in the university and sifting down to the lower division schools. The examples of 19th century writings and texts are fun to read, and the effect of the whole work is to help us understand what was originally at stake in the move to situate authority and meaning in the lives and experiences of student writers.