Senior English Critical Writing Handbook - Selwyn House School

AcknowledgementsThis handbook was originally conceived and produced in 1984 by Dr. Bryon Harker, who servedas the Head of the English Department for approximately two decades. In 2006, the handbookwas reissued, in a slightly re-edited and revised edition. I knew Byron Harker for years before Icame to Selwyn House, but from the moment I came, he became my mentor, my colleague, andmy friend. Byron was meticulous in all that he did, and his evaluation of his colleagues asteachers was in large part based on their all-consuming interest in developing the boys of SelwynHouse into perceptive, analytic readers and careful, creative, and circumspect writers. Thishandbook reflects this clearly. As I retire, I am more aware than ever of the impressive legacyleft to me and to the English Department by Byron, my predecessor. I could not wish better forthe School than for this legacy to continue in Byron’s memory so that his words and ideas will,as our School hymn states, open "...portals to knowledge and pathways to truth." He would belooking down in approval.Kathleen BiggsHead: Department of EnglishSelwyn House SchoolJune 20062