Publication

2008-01-31 - Utah State University Press

Language

English

Word Count

49,000 words, Guess

Page Count

196 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 5 more

Classifications

  • LCCP301 .B79 2008
  • LCCP301.B79 2008

Description

"Paul Butler applauds the emerging interest in the study of style among compositionists, arguing that the loss of stylistics from composition in recent decades left it - alive only in the popular imagination as a set - of grammar conventions. Butler's goal in Out of Style is to articulate style as a vital and productive source of invention, and to redefine its importance for current research, theory, and pedagogy." "Scholars in composition know that the ideas about writing most common in the discourse of public intellectuals are egregiously backward. Without a vital approach to stylistics, Butler argues writing studies will never dislodge the controlling fantasies of self-authorized pundits in the nation's intellectual press. Composition must answer with a public discourse that is responsive to readers ongoing interest in style but is also grounded in composition theory."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • Out of Style: Reanimating Stylistic Study in Composition and RhetoricPaperbackUtah State University Press2008-01-31

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