English composition as a happening /

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-di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sirc, Geoffrey Michael
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2002]
Subjects:	English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > Psychological aspects. English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > Social aspects. Academic writing > Study and teaching > Psychological aspects. Academic writing > Study and teaching > Social aspects. Language and culture. Happenings (Art) English language. Literature. Language and languages. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric. REFERENCE > Writing Skills. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The still-unbuilt hacienda
"What is composition ...?" after Duchamp
The American action writers
Scenes from late sixties composition
Writing classroom as A & P parking lot
Never mind the tagmemics, where's the Sex pistols?
English composition as a happening II
Bonus track : funeral ceremony for the anti-procès II.