Welcome to our Composition publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:

  • Reflect our high scholarly standards
  • Speak effectively to today's college students
  • Represent the most current pedagogical trends

Browse our titles for Composition courses by selecting from the topic links below.

Advanced Composition

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Understanding Style

Practical Ways to Improve Your Writing
Second Edition
Joe Glaser
ISBN13: 9780195379495ISBN10: 0195379497 Paperback , 288 pages
May 2009,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$39.95 (04)
A brief, practical, and engaging guide to the details of style--now updated with contemporary examples and exercises.
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Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

Fourth Edition
Edward P. J. Corbett and Robert J. Connors
ISBN13: 9780195115420ISBN10: 0195115422 Hardcover , 578 pages
Jul 1998,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$89.95 (04)
Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student brings to life the three vital components of classical rhetoric--argument, arrangement, and style. The book illuminates the strategies and tactics of argumentation; effective presentation and organization; the development of power, grace, and felicity; and the history of rhetorical principles.
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Substance, Style, and Strategy

Lee A. Jacobus
ISBN13: 9780195078374ISBN10: 0195078373 Paperback , 272 pages
Feb 1998,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$54.95 (04)

Advanced Grammar

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Discovering Grammar

An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
Anne Lobeck
ISBN13: 9780195129847ISBN10: 0195129849 Hardcover , 384 pages
Feb 2000,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$89.95 (04)
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Doing Grammar

Fourth Edition
Fourth Edition
Max Morenberg
ISBN13: 9780195387292ISBN10: 0195387295 Paperback , 336 pages
Dec 2009,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$64.95 (04)
An accessible and affordable guide to advanced grammar - now streamlined with a focus on key skills

Teaching Composition

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Composition Research

Empirical Designs
Janice M. Lauer and J. William Asher
ISBN13: 9780195041729ISBN10: 0195041720 Paperback , 320 pages
May 1988,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$59.95 (04)
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Errors and Expectations

A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing
Mina P. Shaughnessy
ISBN13: 9780195025071ISBN10: 0195025075 Paperback , 336 pages
Feb 1979,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$49.95 (04)
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A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers

Fourth Edition
Erika Lindemann
with Daniel Anderson
ISBN13: 9780195130454ISBN10: 0195130456 Paperback , 368 pages
Jun 2001,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$59.95 (04)
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A Guide to Composition Pedagogies

Edited by Gary Tate, Amy Rupiper and Kurt Schick
ISBN13: 9780195125368ISBN10: 0195125363 Paperback , 272 pages
Jun 2000,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$49.95 (04)
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An Introduction to Composition Studies

Edited by Erika Lindemann and Gary Tate
ISBN13: 9780195063639ISBN10: 0195063635 Paperback , 208 pages
Jun 1991,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$49.95 (04)
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Richards on Rhetoric

I.A. Richards: Selected Essays (1929-1974)
Edited by Ann E. Berthoff
ISBN13: 9780195064261ISBN10: 0195064267 Paperback , 304 pages
Nov 1990,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$54.95 (04)
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Teaching Students to Write

Second Edition
Beth S. Neman
ISBN13: 9780195064285ISBN10: 0195064283 Paperback , 624 pages
Nov 1995,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$67.95 (04)
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The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook

Fourth Edition
Edward P. J. Corbett, Nancy Myers and Gary Tate
ISBN13: 9780195123777ISBN10: 0195123778 Paperback , 400 pages
Aug 1999,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$59.95 (04)
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Preparing College Teachers of Writing

Histories, Theories, Programs, Practices
Edited by Betty P. Pytlik and Sarah Liggett
ISBN13: 9780195143096ISBN10: 0195143094 Paperback , 352 pages
Jul 2001,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$54.95 (04)