Screening the Beats : media culture and the Beat sensibility /

"Film critic David Sterritt's Screening the Beats: Media Culture and the Beat Sensibility showcases the social and aesthetic viewpoints of lynchpin Beat writers Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg, juxtaposing their artistry with 1950s culture and achieving what Kerouac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sterritt, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Kerouac, Jack, > 1922-1969 > Film adaptations.
Kerouac, Jack, > 1922-1969 > Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées.
Kerouac, Jack, > 1922-1969.
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Beats (Persons)
Mass media and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Mass media > United States > History > 20th century.
American literature > Film adaptations.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Beatniks.
Médias et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médias > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Littérature américaine > Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées.
Littérature américaine > Adaptations cinématographiques.
Beat generation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Mass media.
Mass media and literature.
American Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Film adaptations.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Beats, movies, and ills of postwar America
  • Lisped, muxed, and completely flunk: Jack Kerouac meets the three stooges
  • Desolation angels: Kerouac, Buddhism, and film
  • Revision, prevision, and the aura of improvisatory art
  • Constructing the grotesque body in word, image, and sound.

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