American Journal of Psychology | Vol. 117 No. 1| JOHN S. HEDGCOCK: Irene L. Clark, Betty Bamberg, Darsie Bowden, John R. Edlund, Lisa Gerrard, Sharon Klein, Julie Neff Lippman, and James D. Williams, Concepts in Composition: Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing.

Book Review

Volume 117• Number 1

Spring 2004

DOMINIC W. MASSARO, editor
University of California, Santa Cruz

Composition Studies Expanded

Concepts in Composition: Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing
By Irene L. Clark, with Betty Bamberg, Darsie Bowden, John R. Edlund, Lisa Gerrard, Sharon Klein, Julie Neff Lippman, and James D. Williams. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2003. 568 pp. Paper, $49.95.

The landscape of composition studies has changed dramatically over the past several decades, precipitating spirited debates among the field's professionals. The needs and expectations of novice writers have simultaneously evolved in ways so complex that the enterprise of composition instruction itself has come into question as practitioners have undertaken painful self-examination and soulsearching. Influential educational paradigms have likewise peaked and declined, with the result that scholarship in composition studies can now benefit from retrospective analysis and evaluation.

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