{"product_id":"9780874214635","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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With this book, already a cult classic, began a neo-avant-garde for composition studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Ross W. Winterowd Award for most outstanding book in composition theory.","brand":"Utah State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130956562672,"sku":"9780874214635","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780874214635_p0.jpg?v=1763852414","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780874214635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}