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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. With this book, already a cult classic, began a neo-avant-garde for composition studies. Winner of the Ross W. Winterowd Award for most outstanding book in composition theory.

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Book category Books in English Language Language: reference & general Creative writing & creative writing guides

• Full title: English Composition As A Happening
• Author: Geoffrey Michael Sirc
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 349
• EAN: 9780874214352
• ISBN: 9780874214352
• ID: 10049546
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Weight: 557 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. April 2002

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