Landmark Essays On Rhetorical Genre Studies

Download or read book Landmark Essays on Rhetorical Genre Studies written by Carolyn Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landmark Essays on Rhetorical Genre Studiesgathers major works that have contributed to the recent rhetorical reconceptualization of genre. A lively and complex field developed over the past 30 years, rhetorical genre studies is central to many current research and teaching agendas. This collection, which is organized both thematically and chronologically, explores genre research across a range of disciplinary interests, but with a specific focus on rhetoric and composition. With introductions by the co-editors to frame and extend each section, this volume helps readers understand and contextualize both the foundations of the field and the central themes and insights that have emerged. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars working on topics related to composition, rhetoric, professional and technical writing, and applied linguistics