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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sirc, Geoffrey Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah Utah State University Press ©2002©2002, 2002
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index
  • 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.