Download or read book An Introduction to Composition Studies written by Erika Lindemann and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 1991-07-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of nine commissioned essays introduces the non-specialist to the rapidly evolving field of composition studies, discussing the nature of the field, the relationship between composition and rhetoric and between theory and practice, the history of the discipline, its bibliographic sources and problems, its methods of research, teaching writing, and the politics of the profession.