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Penguin Book of the Beats Ann Charters

Penguin Book of the Beats par Ann Charters

Penguin Book of the Beats Ann Charters


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Résumé

One of the most progressive literary movements, the Beat Generation was a phenomenon of 1950s America that sent shock waves around the world. This book captures the flavour of defiance of the Beat generation in a comprehensive anthology of the movement's most important prose and poetry.

Penguin Book of the Beats Résumé

Penguin Book of the Beats Ann Charters

One of the most progressive literary movements, the Beat Generation was a phenomenon of 1950s America that sent shock waves aroung the world. This book captures the flavour of defiance of Beat generation in a comprehensive anthology of the movement's most important prose and poetry. Novel excerpts, stories, essays and songs are joined by biographical sketches of the major Beat writers and a selection of memoirs and tributes.

Sommaire

Introduction - variations on a generation. Part 1 The best minds of a generation - East Coast beats: Jack Kerouac; Allen Ginsberg; William Burroughs; Herbert Huncke; John Clellon Holmes; Carl Solomon; Gregory Corso. Part 2 Heart beat - enter Neal Cassady: Neal Cassady; Jack Kerouac; Neal Cassady; Jack Kerouac. Part 3 Constantly risking absurdity - some San Francisco Renaissance poets: Kenneth Rexroth; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Michael McClure; Gary Snyder; Philip Whalen; Philip Lamantia; Lew Welch; Bob Kaufman. Part 4 A few blue words to the wise - other fellow travellers: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones); Ray Bremser; Diana DiPrima; Bob Dylan; Brenda Frazer (Bonnie Bremser); Tuli Kupferberg; Jack Micheline; Frank O'Hara; Peter Orlovsky; Ed Sanders; Anne Waldman; John Wieners. Part 5 Tales of beatnik glory - memoirs and posthumous tributes: Charles Bukowski; William Burroughs, Jr.; Carolyn Cassady; Diane DiPrima; Brenda Frazer (Bonnie Bremser); Brion Gysin; Joyce Johnson; Hettie Jones; Jan Kerouac; Ken Kesey; Michael McClure; Ed Sanders. Part 6 The unspeakable visions of the individual - later work: William Burroughs; Gregory Corso; Diane DiPrima; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Allen Ginsberg; Michael McClure; Ed Sanders; Gary Snyder. Appendix - three commentators: Norman Mailer; Alan Watts; John Clellon Holmes; books for further reading; index of authors and titles; acknowledgements.

Informations supplémentaires

GOR001713201
9780140169102
0140169105
Penguin Book of the Beats Ann Charters
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Penguin Books Ltd
19930204
688
N/A
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