STEM Ed+ Commons | Laura Lisabeth | Activity https://stemedplus.hcommons.org/members/lauralisabeth/activity/ Activity feed for Laura Lisabeth. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:33:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c9f84501ec3435f0ba4376f937ffd497 Laura Lisabeth started the topic Delegate Assembly MLA 20 in the discussion RCWS Literacy Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/rcws-literacy-studies/forum/topic/delegate-assembly-mla-20/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:33:41 +0000 Hello! Just wanted to say that I am honored to be representing Literacy Studies at this year's Delegate Assembly on Saturday Jan. 11. If anyone has any questions, let me know. If you are attending MLA--have a great conference!

]]> 64a56c44f2177fe2d6e5cf63eb0a16be Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1557050/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:19:46 +0000 In this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk's approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk's tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]

]]> 0 71c1b36e48ce7066d467fa5f13860e7e Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder in the group RCWS Literacy Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1557049/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:19:29 +0000 In this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk's approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk's tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]

]]> 0 1b83a63b4c67743c2ee6e262ca380cd9 Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder in the group RCWS History and Theory of Composition https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1557048/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:17:31 +0000 In this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk's approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk's tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]

]]> 0 c9c6012ed2a19b5e17c59625c03ec0a2 Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1557047/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:09:59 +0000 In this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk's approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk's tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]

]]> 0 584c7f56b736fa29e1115a03b3102087 Laura Lisabeth deposited When William Strunk Was A Philologist He Thought of Grammar as a Folder https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1557027/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:59:07 +0000 In this paper, I show how, as a philologist, William Strunk's approach to language was a rich historical and rhetorical experience far from the prescriptivism E.B. White ascribes to him in the first edition of The Elements of Style (1959). An interesting historical parallel exists between Strunk's tenure as a PhD student in philology at Cornell…[Read more]

]]> 0 65a97bba2c89f35c906c3baaaaf89596 Laura Lisabeth deposited The Fetish of Style: The Elements of Style and The Marketing of English Language Usage in the group TM Book History, Print Cultures, Lexicography https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538603/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:11:37 +0000 I argue that The Elements of Style by Strunk and White comes out of a history connecting it to the nineteenth century "conversation handbook" (Connors) and other cultural guides to middlebrow identity formation including The Book-Of-The-Month Club. The Elements of Style is a guide to a genteel language performance rooted in the racialized,…[Read more]

]]> 0 e5ec98a06ae9cc0a051c955a89d9a24c Laura Lisabeth deposited The Fetish of Style: The Elements of Style and The Marketing of English Language Usage in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538602/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:11:20 +0000 I argue that The Elements of Style by Strunk and White comes out of a history connecting it to the nineteenth century "conversation handbook" (Connors) and other cultural guides to middlebrow identity formation including The Book-Of-The-Month Club. The Elements of Style is a guide to a genteel language performance rooted in the racialized,…[Read more]

]]> 0 5ab478be5b54b78cf2d80a58b37b34fc Laura Lisabeth deposited The Fetish of Style: The Elements of Style and The Marketing of English Language Usage in the group RCWS Literacy Studies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538601/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:11:19 +0000 I argue that The Elements of Style by Strunk and White comes out of a history connecting it to the nineteenth century "conversation handbook" (Connors) and other cultural guides to middlebrow identity formation including The Book-Of-The-Month Club. The Elements of Style is a guide to a genteel language performance rooted in the racialized,…[Read more]

]]> 0 a630aced4c93c5f78df1ce9890c711e1 Laura Lisabeth deposited The Fetish of Style: The Elements of Style and The Marketing of English Language Usage in the group RCWS History and Theory of Composition https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538600/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:11:14 +0000 I argue that The Elements of Style by Strunk and White comes out of a history connecting it to the nineteenth century "conversation handbook" (Connors) and other cultural guides to middlebrow identity formation including The Book-Of-The-Month Club. The Elements of Style is a guide to a genteel language performance rooted in the racialized,…[Read more]

]]> 0 a630aced4c93c5f78df1ce9890c711e1 Laura Lisabeth deposited The Fetish of Style: The Elements of Style and The Marketing of English Language Usage https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/538599/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:11:14 +0000 I argue that The Elements of Style by Strunk and White comes out of a history connecting it to the nineteenth century "conversation handbook" (Connors) and other cultural guides to middlebrow identity formation including The Book-Of-The-Month Club. The Elements of Style is a guide to a genteel language performance rooted in the racialized,…[Read more]

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