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Harshbarger, Scott – 1990
The proposition can be offered that the notion of "the plant" should be the paradigmatic metaphor for modern conceptions of the composing process. Various forms of the metaphor are found in classical and eighteenth century writings alike. A modern shift in focus from writing product to process has brought to the fore the dynamic…
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Higher Education, Metaphors, Platonism