Print Resources: Writing Program/Composition and Cultural Rhetoric |
Research Guide:
- Babin, Edith and Kimberly Harrison. Contemporary Composition Studies: A Guide to Theorists and Terms. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. PE 1404 .B23 1999 Journals with abbreviations, profiles of scholars, glossary of terms.
- Kennedy, Mary Lynch, ed. Theorizing Composition: A Critical Sourcebook of Theory and Scholarship in Contemporary Composition Studies. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998. PE 1404 .T473 1998 Discussions of various theories underlying the discipline of Composition Studies, with bibliographies.
Journal Literature and Reviews of Research:
- Bizzell, Patricia, Bruce Herzberg, and Nedra Reynolds. The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000. PE 1404 .B59 2000. Essay entitled, "A Brief History of Rhetoric and Composition," followed by an annotated bibliography arranged in sections: e.g., composing process, collaborative learning, writing centers, etc.
Scholarly Encyclopedias:
- Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts: A Project of the National Council of Teachers of English. 2 vols. Ed. Alan C. Purves. New York : Scholastic, 1994. PE 65 .E47 1994
- Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001 REF PN 172 .E52 2001 Encyclopedia of Rhetoric also available electronically.
- Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition : Communication from Ancient Times to the Information Age. New York : Garland, 1996 REF PN172 .E53 1996
- Encyclopedia of Language and Education. 8 vols. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1997. REF P 40.8 .E53 1997. Each volume devoted to a particular topic: e.g., Literacy, Oral Discourse and Education, etc.
- Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. 14 vols. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006 P 29 .E48 2006
- International Encyclopedia of Communications. Ed. Erik Barnouw et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. REF P 87.5 .I5 1989
- Twentieth-Century Rhetorics and Rhetoricians: Critical Studies and Sources. Ed. Michael G. Moran and Michelle Ballif. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. REF P 301 .T89 2000 Chapters, with substantial bibliographies, on rhetoricians whose work has shaped writing theory and English studies.
- Contemporary Glossary of Rhetorical Terms. Mason, OH : Thomson Learning, c2003. REF PN 172 .C66 2003 Aimed at students writing, and instructors teaching and analyzing, written arguments.
- Lanham, Richard A. Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. PE 1445 .A2 L3 1991 Explanation of terms from classical rhetoric students may encounter in their reading.
- Maggio, Rosalie. Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992. PE1460 .M26 1992
- Maggio, Rosalie. The Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1987. PE1689 .M23 1987
- Oxford English dictionary. 2nd ed. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1989. REF PE1625 .O87 1989 The most comprehensive English language dictionary, the OED provides meanings, history, and pronunciation for words, present and past. It traces the evolution of each word through chronologically arranged quotations. It is also available as a SUMMIT database: Oxford English Dictionary (OED) The web OED is based on the 20 volume second edition. New words added quarterly.
- Quinn, Arthur. Figures of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase. Salt Lake City: Gibbs M. Smith, 1982 REF PN 227 .Q5 1982 Examples of such figures of speech as "zeugma," "metonymy," "anththesis, "polyptoton," etc.
