| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) |
| Series |
BAAS paperbacks
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BAAS paperbacks.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-227) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Beat origins and circuits, 1940s-1960s -- Allen Ginsberg: public privacy -- Jack Kerouac: road, jazz, Zen -- Front row: insider beats -- Gallery: outrider beats -- Beat's women. Women's beat -- Afro-beat -- Inter-beat. Post-beat -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"This book pairs close readings with a strong overview of the movement and ranges from Women's Beat Writing to African American Beats to the canonical texts, including 'Howl', On the Road and Naked Lunch. A closing chapter maps post-Beat writing and the ways Beat has morphed into new, even postmodern, forms."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Beat literature -- History and cricitism.
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Beats (Persons)
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Beats (Persons) -- Influence.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, A. Robert, 1941- Beats. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019] 9781474403962 (OCoLC)1087091575 |
| ISBN |
9781474403986 (electronic bk.) |
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1474403980 (electronic bk.) |
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9781474403962 |
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1474403964 |
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9781474403979 |
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1474403972 |
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1474403964 |
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9781474403962 |
| Standard No. |
9781474403962 |
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