{"product_id":"english-composition-as-a-happening-geoffrey-sirc-9780874214352","title":"English Composition as a Happening","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this book, already a cult classic, began a neo-avant-garde for composition studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Ross W. Winterowd Award for most outstanding book in composition theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey Sirc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874214351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874214352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Utah State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.89d","brand":"Geoffrey Sirc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072858714367,"sku":"9780874214352","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2d08168-ea87-4b82-93de-7becdce8e77a.jpg?v=1685444351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/english-composition-as-a-happening-geoffrey-sirc-9780874214352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}