1977: A Cultural Moment in Composition

Brent Henze, Jack Selzer, and Wendy Sharer With Brian Lehew, Shannon Pennefeather, and Martin Schleuse Lauer Series in Rhetoric and Composition Edited by Thomas Rickert and Jennifer Bay Information and Pricing 978-1-60235-040-3 (paperback, $27.00); 978-1-60235-041-0 (hardcover, $55.00); 978-1-60235-042-7 (PDF, $9.99) © 2008 by Parlor Press. 188 pages, with illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Bookstores: Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. About This Book A product of extensive archival research and numerous interviews, 1977: A Cultural Moment In Composition examines the local, state, and national forces (economic, political, cultural, and academic) that fostered the development of the first-year composition program at one representative site, Penn State University, in the late 1970s. Sidebar commentaries from Stephen A. Bernhardt, Hugh Burns, Sharon Crowley, Lester Faigley, Janice Lauer, Elaine Maimon, Jasper Neel, and John Warnock—