ISBN:
9781611689297
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 electronic resource (280 p.))
Series Statement:
Re-Mapping the Transnational: A Dartmouth Series in American Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fazzino, Jimmy, 1981- World Beats
DDC:
810.9/0054#23
Keywords:
1900-1999
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Literature (General)
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Beat literature History and criticism
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Beat literature Political aspects
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Beats (Persons)
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American literature History and criticism 20th century
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Literature and transnationalism
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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Littérature et transnationalisme
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Beatniks
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Littérature américaine - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique
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Beat generation
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LITERARY CRITICISM - General
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LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General
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Beat literature
;
American literature
;
Beats (Persons)
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Literature and transnationalism
;
Literary criticism
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Literary criticism
;
Critiques littéraires
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Literature and transnationalism
;
beat generation
;
20th century literature
;
history and criticism
;
american literature
;
Allen Ginsberg
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Ayahuasca
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Jack Kerouac
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Surrealism
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William S. Burroughs
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Beatgeneration
Abstract:
This fascinating book explores Beat Generation writing from a transnational perspective, using the concept of worlding to place Beat literature in conversation with a far-reaching network of cultural and political formations. Countering the charge that the Beats abroad were at best naïve tourists seeking exoticism for exoticism's sake, World Beats finds that these writers propelled a highly politicized agenda that sought to use the tools of the earlier avant-garde to undermine Cold War and postcolonial ideologies and offer a new vision of engaged literature. With fresh interpretations of central Beat authors Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs - as well as usually marginalized writers like Philip Lamantia, Ted Joans, and Brion Gysin - World Beats moves beyond national, continental, or hemispheric frames to show that embedded within Beat writing is an essential universality that brought America to the world and the world to American literature. This book presents an original treatment that will attract a broad spectrum of scholars.This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched
Note:
English
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