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ERIC Number: EJ454250
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-096X
Harvard's Influence on English Studies: Perceptions from Three Universities in the Early Twentieth Century.
Stewart, Donald C.
College Composition and Communication, v43 n4 p455-71 Dec 1992
Discusses the early twentieth-century perception that Harvard writing scholars influenced writing instruction and literary scholarship and that individuals of stature at Cornell, Michigan, and Columbia universities thought it was a bad thing and resented it with considerable intensity. Tells the story in personal correspondence, MLA resolutions, and published works. (PRA)
Descriptors: Educational History, English Instruction, Higher Education, Intellectual History, Teacher Attitudes, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Composition Theory; Harvard University MA