Writers Without Borders

Lynn Z. Bloom

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In Writers Without Borders: Writing and Teaching Writing in Troubled Times, Lynn Z. Bloom presents groundbreaking research on the nature of essays and on the political, philosophical, ethical, and pragmatic considerations that influence how we read, write, and teach them in times troubled by terrorism, transgressive students, and uses and abuses of the Internet. Writers Without Borders reinforces Bloom’s reputation for presenting innovative and sophisticated research with a writer’s art and a teacher’s heart. Each of the eleven essays addresses in its own way the essay itself as one way to live and learn with others.

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• Publié par: Parlor Press, LLC
• Date de parution: 02 juillet 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781602350618
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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WRITERS WITHOUT BORDERS

WRITING AND TEACHING WRITING IN TROUBLED TIMES

LYNN Z. BLOOM

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L S  R  C Series Editors: Caterine Hobbs, Patricia Sullivan, Tomas Rickert, and Jennifer Bay

Te Lauer Series in Retoric and Composition onors te contri- butions Janice Lauer Hutton as made to te emergence of Retoric and Composition as a disciplinary study. It publises scolarsip tat carries on Professor Lauer’s varied work in te istory of written reto- ric, disciplinarity in composition studies, contemporary pedagogical teory, and written literacy teory and researc.

Oter Books in te Series 1977: A Cultural Moment in Composition, by Brent Henze, Jack Selzer, and Wendy Sarer () Te Promise and Perils of Writing Program Administration,edited by Teresa Enos and Sane Borrowman () Untenured Faculty as Writing Program Administrators: Institutional Practices and Politics, edited by Debra Frank Dew and Alice Horning () Networked Process: Dissolving Boundaries of Process and Post-Process, by Helen Foster () Composing a Community: A History of Writing Across te Curriculum, edited by Susan H. McLeod and Margot Soven () Historical Studies of Writing Program Administration: Individuals, Communities, and te Formation of a Discipline,edited by Barbara L’Eplattenier and Lisa Mastrangelo (4). Winner of te WPA Best Book Award for 4-. Retorics, Poetics, and Cultures: Refiguring College Englis Studies (Expanded Edition) by James A. Berlin ()

Writers Witout Borders

Writing and Teacing Writing in Troubled Times

Lynn Z. Bloom

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Bloom, Lynn Z., 4-  Writers witout borders : writing and teacing writing in troubled times / Lynn Z. Bloom.  p. cm. -- (Lauer series in retoric and composition)  Includes bibliograpical references and index.  ISBN ---- (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN ---- (alk. paper) -- ISBN ---- (adobe ebook) . Englis language--Retoric--Study and teacing. . Essay--Autorsip- -Study and teacing. . Report writing--Study and teacing. I. Title.  PE4.B4   ’.4--dc  

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To writers worldwide in tis universe unbounded, especially Martin Bloom

Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3

Part I On Essays and Oter Heartbreaking Works of Staggering Genius  9

 Academic Essays and te Vertical Pronoun 11

 Te Essay Canon 25  Te Essayist in—and beind—te Essay: Vested Writers, Invested Readers 56

4 Compression—Wen Less Says More 71

Part II: Teacing Writing in—and Out of—Troubled Times  77  Writing Textbooks in/for Times of Trauma 79  Te Great Process Paradigm and Its Legacy for te Twenty-First Century 92

 Te Ineluctable Elitism of Essays and Wy Tey Prevail in First-Year Composition Courses 108  Good Enoug Writing 123

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Part III: Etical Issues of Teacing and Writing 137

Contents

 Te Good, te Bad, and te Ugly: Etical Principles for Dealing wit Students and Student Writing in Teacers’ Publications—and in te Abyss Beyond 139

 Insider Writing: Plagiarism-Proof Assignments 163  Negotiating te Grading Contract: No More Lobbying, Bullying or Crying 172

Appendix  (C. , Te Essay Canon): Sortened Version of Bibliograpy of Canonical Readers 181 Appendix  (C. ): Table . Te Essay Canon 183 Appendix  (C. ): Writing in te Manner of Toreau (and Oter Nature Writers) 187 Appendix 4 (C. ): Te Grading Contract Itself 189

Notes 195 Works Cited 205 About te Autor 221 Index 223

Acknowledgments

One of te acknowledgments tat composition studies as canged from a narrowly bounded field to one witout borders was te creation of te Aetna Cair of Writing at te University of Connecticut, wic as been my privilege to old since its inception in . I ave en- joyed particular support from UConn colleagues and administrators, among tem Veronica Makowsky, Ross MacKinnon, Robert Tilton, and Tomas Deans. Penelope Pelizzon read te manuscript wit a keen eye and generous spirit. Te Aetna Endowment, te Englis department, and te College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of te University of Connecticut ave pro- vided a series of superb researc assistants during te decade of work on tis book: Katrine Aydelott, Denise M. Lovett, Mattew Simp- son, Valerie Smit, and Jenny Spinner. Teir exacting work, includ- ing unerring researc accuracy, unsparing critical sense, and teir own experience as teacers and writers, as made my work infinitely easier and muc better. Lori Corsini-Nelson, Writing Programs Specialist, as elped trougout te decade of tis researc in compiling and refining te essay canon data, keeping te paper flow on target and on time, and te intricate nuances of computer usage up to date. Te essay canon researc was partially funded by a researc grant from te National Council of Teacers of Englis. Editors of journals and books in wic many of tese essays ave appeared include Elizabet Blackburn-Brockman, Sane Borrow- man, Jon Boe, Barbara Couture, Robert Con Davis, Donald A. Dai- ker, Caroline Eisner, Patricia M. Gantt, Tomas Kent, Lynn Langer Meeks, Louise Z. Smit, Patrick Sullivan, Jon Paul Tassoni, William H. Telin, Howard Tinberg, Marta Vicinus, and Edward M. Wite. Several ave been friends and collaborators over te ever-canging course of our professional lives; all ave enlarged te range of te field, and perspectives on it.

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