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The daybreak boys : essays on the literature of the beat generation /
In these critical essays Gregory Stephenson takes the reader on a journey through the literature of the Beat Generation: a journey encompassing that common ethos of Beat literature-the passage from darkness to light, from fragmented being toward wholeness, from Beat to Beatific. He travels through J...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale, Ill. :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2009, ©1990.
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| Edición: | Paperback edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In these critical essays Gregory Stephenson takes the reader on a journey through the literature of the Beat Generation: a journey encompassing that common ethos of Beat literature-the passage from darkness to light, from fragmented being toward wholeness, from Beat to Beatific. He travels through Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend, following Kerouac's quests for identity, community, and spiritual knowledge. He examines Allen Ginsberg's use of transcendence in "Howl," discovers the Gnostic vision in William S. Burroughs's fiction, and studies the mythic, visionary power of Lawrence F. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441645968 1441645969 0809329492 9780809329496 080938647X 9780809386475 1280697547 9781280697548 |