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The Research Paper As An Act Of Citizenship: Possibilities And Pragmatism, Tim Taylor
The Research Paper As An Act Of Citizenship: Possibilities And Pragmatism, Tim Taylor
Tim Taylor
By focusing on local problems or issues, student writers can craft research essays that exemplify civic engagement, a practice that reaffirms composition’s tacit tradition from classical rhetoric and the educational philosophy of John Dewey.
Review Of Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices Of Civic Engagement, Edited By Gerard Hauser And Amy Grim, Tim Taylor
Tim Taylor
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Children's Literature And The "New Negro", Fern Kory
Children's Literature And The "New Negro", Fern Kory
Fern Kory
Children’s Literature of the Harlem Renaissance is a timely addition to schol-arship on both African American literature and children’s literatureof the early twentieth century. The scope of Katharine Capshaw Smith’swork makes it a particularly welcome follow-up to DonnaRaeMacCann’s award-winning White Supremacy in Children’s Literature(Routledge 1998), which focused on the relationship of African Ameri-can children to mainstream children’s literature from 1830 to 1900.Dr. Smith moves us to the next stage, focusing on the emergence ofan African American children’s literature in the first half of the twen-tieth century. Smith looks at major players in African Americanchildren’s literature in roughly chronological order, starting …
A Review Of "A True Account Of The Great Tryals And Cruel Sufferings Undergone By Those Two Faithful Servants Of God, Katherine Evans And Sarah Cheevers: La Vicenda Di Due Quacchere Prigioniere Dell’Inquisizione Di Malta" By Stefano Villani, Julie Campbell
Julie Campbell
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