Reason to Believe: Romanticism, Pragmatism, and the Possibility of Teaching

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Summary: Is Teaching Still Possible?
Review: In a beautifully conceived and artfully written essay, Ronald adn Roskelly have retraced the twin forces of American education at its best: pragmatism and romanticism. Their findings are rich with voice, immanence, surprise, and relevance. They write with a sense of teaching so attuned to the rhythms and relationships of real writing classes--and their thinking is so live and lively in that setting, one has to answer their question--"Yes!" Teaching is still possible.