English Composition As A Happening

English Composition As A Happening

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<div>What happened to the bold, kicky promise of writing instruction in the 1960s? The current conservative trend in composition is analyzed allegorically by Geoffrey Sirc in this book-length homage to Charles Deemer's 1967 article, in which the theories and practices of Happenings artists (multi-disciplinary performance pioneers) were used to invigorate college writing. Sirc takes up Deemer's inquiry, moving through the material and theoretical concerns of such pre- and post-Happenings influences as Duchamp and Pollock, situationists and punks, as well as many of the Happenings artists proper.<br><BR>With this book, already a cult classic, began a neo-avant-garde for composition studies.<BR><BR>Winner of the Ross W. Winterowd Award for most outstanding book in composition theory.</div>