The Evolution of College English - Literacy Studies from the Puritans to the Postmoderns

Miller defines college English studies as literacy studies and examines how it has evolved in tandem with broader developments in literacy and the literate. He maps out "four corners" of English departments: literature, language studies, teacher education, and writing studies. Miller identifies their development with broader changes in the technologies and economies of literacy that have redefined what students write and read, which careers they enter, and how literature represents their experiences and aspirations.

About the author

Thomas P. Miller is associate provost for faculty affairs at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He is the author of The Formation of College English: Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the British Cultural Provinces, a winner of the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Miller, Thomas P Miller, Thomas P. Miller
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.01.2011
• EAN: 9780822961161
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6116-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Pitt Comp Literacy Culture; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Composition, Literacy, and Cul; Composition, Literacy, and Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics