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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press
c2002.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430343506719 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-309) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283266895 9786613266897 9780874214635 |
| Access: | Open Access |
