English Composition as a Happening (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780874214352)

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.

Author: Geoffrey Sirc
ISBN-10: 0874214351
ISBN-13: 9780874214352
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.89d