Date of Award
1-1-2010
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of English
Content Description
1 online resource (vi, 235 pages)
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Jeffrey Berman
Committee Members
Laura Wilder, Robert Yagelski
Keywords
Brande, composition, Dorothea, freewriting, Modernism, rhetoric, English language, Creative writing
Subject Categories
American Literature | Rhetoric | Sustainability
Abstract
Dorothea Brande is rarely known in rhetoric and composition yet continues to hold popular influence over writers attracted to Cartesian beliefs. The aim of this project is to recover Brande's contributions in order to rethink composition's trajectories. Chiefly, Dorothea Brande's legacy has been in creative writing through Becoming a Writer. In this bestseller, she establishes a program for putting the Cartesian divide to work. "Writing with the unconscious mind in the ascent," as Brande explains about what Ken Macrorie and Peter Elbow later call freewriting, harnesses the bifurcated consciousness of writers and begins a journey of unification.
Recommended Citation
Bower, Richard, "Recovering Brande : freewriting and sustainable (procedural) expression" (2010). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 151.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/151