Resources for Study


Reference (Strozier Reserve and/or WMS 223)

Cross-Talk in Comp Theory. Villanueva, Victor, and Kristin Arola, eds. Cross-Talk in Comp Theory: A Reader, 3rd Ed. Normal, IL: NCTE, 2011.

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition. Enos, Theresa, ed. Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from Ancient Times to the Information Age. New York: Garland, 1996.

Norton Book of Composition Studies. Miller, Susan, ed. The Norton Book of Composition Studies. New York: Norton, 2009.

Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition. WAC Clearinghouse series of open-access books that look historically at various topics in rhetoric and composition, including FYC, writing in the disciplines, invention, argument, genre, writing program administration, and community literacy. Available at http://wac.colostate.edu/books/reference_guides.cfm.

Rhetoric: Concepts and Definitions. Covino, William A., and David A. Jolliffe, eds. Rhetoric: Concepts, Definitions, Boundaries. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1995.

A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers. Lindemann, Erika. A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers, 4th Ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2001.

Rhetoric of Western Thought. Golden, James L. Goodwin Berquist, and William E. Coleman, eds. The Rhetoric of Western Thought: From the Mediterranean World to the Global Setting. Eighth Edition. Kendall/Hunt, 2003.

SAGE Handbook. Lunsford, Andrea, ed. The SAGE Handbook of Rhetorical Studies. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2009.

St. Martin's Guide to Teaching Writing. Glenn, Cheryl, and Melissa A. Goldthwaite, eds. The St. Martin's Guide to Teaching Writing, 6th Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007.  

Theorizing Composition: A Critical Sourcebook. Kennedy, Mary Lynch, ed. Theorizing Composition: A Critical Sourcebook of Theory and Scholarship in Contemporary Composition Studies. Greenwood, CT: Greenwood P, 1998. 

The Writing Instructor. There is a gap in the online archives, but most back issues of The Writing Instructor provide web access to full texts. Available at: http://www.writinginstructor.com/contents


Online Bibliographies


Bedford Online Bibliography for Teachers of Writing, 7th Edition

CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric (1984-1999)

Composition History/Theory Timeline with Sources (Ohio University Department of English, 2009)

CompPile WPA Research Bibliographies (1939-current) 

"Writing Matters: Rebecca Moore Howard Bibliographies." Topical bibliographies created by Rebecca Moore Howard, accessible through Bedford/St. Martin's. 


Glossaries, Archives, and Position Statements

Archive Grid

CompFAQs (CompPile)

CCCC Position Statements

Critical Terms for Media Theory. U Chicago "Theories of Media" keyword glossary.

Glossary of Terms for Rhetorical Argument. From Ramage, et al, eds. Argument in Composition, 2009 WAC Clearinghouse.

HathiTrust Digital Library

Internet Archives Text Archive

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Media Commons

MICASE Corpus of Student Writing

National Archives of Composition and Rhetoric

NCTE Position Statements

Nietz 19th-century Schoolbooks Collection (U Pittsburgh)

Silva Rhetoricae (Gideon Burton's "Forest of Rhetoric")

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

WAC Clearinghouse