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Pencil Traces Traditions and Trajectories Composition Studies, Norton, and the Shaping of a Field Christina Ortmeier-Hooper In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, I knead dough at the kitchen counter, following the holiday recipes of my German mother, hearing her voice as I shape the dough, gently pressing it into the tin baking form that has been passed down to me. As I work, I am reminded of how certain indelible moments, traditions, and, most certainly, texts shape our academic conversations and future trajectories. In the fields of English studies, the anthologies produced by Norton are examples of how texts shape and leave their imprint on the respective literary traditions and conversations that we examine and teach. When I was an undergraduate literature major, the Norton anthologies lined my bookcase, and these tomes marked my different interests and trajectories as a major. To this day, they line the bookshelves in our living Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture Volume 11, Number 3 © 2011 by Duke University Press 591 room, having moved from house to house as I taught, completed my PhD, and became a faculty member. Today, I teach in a doctoral program in composition http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture Duke University Press

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Duke University Press
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1531-4200
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1533-6255
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10.1215/15314200-1302881
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Abstract

Traditions and Trajectories Composition Studies, Norton, and the Shaping of a Field Christina Ortmeier-Hooper In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, I knead dough at the kitchen counter, following the holiday recipes of my German mother, hearing her voice as I shape the dough, gently pressing it into the tin baking form that has been passed down to me. As I work, I am reminded of how certain indelible moments, traditions, and, most certainly, texts shape our academic conversations and future trajectories. In the fields of English studies, the anthologies produced by Norton are examples of how texts shape and leave their imprint on the respective literary traditions and conversations that we examine and teach. When I was an undergraduate literature major, the Norton anthologies lined my bookcase, and these tomes marked my different interests and trajectories as a major. To this day, they line the bookshelves in our living Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture Volume 11, Number 3 © 2011 by Duke University Press 591 room, having moved from house to house as I taught, completed my PhD, and became a faculty member. Today, I teach in a doctoral program in composition

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Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and CultureDuke University Press

Published: Sep 21, 2011

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