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"[S]o of course there was Speaking and Composition - ": Dickinson's Early Schooling as a Writer
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"[S]o of course there was Speaking and Composition - ": Dickinson's Early Schooling as a Writer

The Emily Dickinson journal, Vol.18(1), pp.1-21
01/01/2009

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American literature Composition Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) Education Learning Letters Poetry Schools Students Teachers Truth Writing
Once a writer arrived at this objective truth, the writing itself could begin. [...] the chief value in writing was clarity of expression for the sake of one's audience, and the instructor's primary role was to enforce grammatical rules that would enable this clarity.

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