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Direct linkMoore, Patrick – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2006
Carolyn Miller's oft-cited "Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing," published in 1979, tries to give technical communication faculty more cultural capital in English departments controlled by literature professors. Miller replaces a positivistic emphasis in technical communication pedagogy with rhetoric. She shows how technical knowledge is…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, English Departments, Cultural Capital, Intellectual Disciplines
Peer reviewedBlack, John A. – English Education, 1975
The separation of the mechanics of rhetoric from the ethics of rhetoric has had disastrous consequences, in education and in our public life. (JH)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, English Departments, Language
Peer reviewedCollege English, 1988
Includes a comment by Ann Berthoff on Ross Winterowd's "The Purification of Literature and Rhetoric," with a response by Winterowd. Also includes Jeanie C. Crain's comment on "The Wyoming Conference Resolution: Opposing Unfair Salaries and Working Conditions for Post-Secondary Teachers of Writing." (MM)
Descriptors: English Departments, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literary History
