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- Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition
- Book
- 1993
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture
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In an insightful assessment of the study and teaching of writing against the larger theoretical, political, and technological upheavals of the past thirty years, Fragments of Rationality questions why composition studies has been less affected by postmodern theory than other humanities and social science disciplines.
Table of Contents
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- Front Cover
- pp. 1-9
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 3-24
- 1 In the Turbulence of Theory
- pp. 25-47
- 3 The Linguistic Agent as Subject
- pp. 80-110
- 7 Student Writers at the End of History?
- pp. 200-224
- 8 The Ethical Subject
- pp. 225-242
- Back Cover
- p. 303
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822971566
Related ISBN(s)
9780822937173, 9780822954927
MARC Record
OCLC
887803665
Pages
301
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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