The beats : authorship, legacies /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lee, A. Robert, 1941- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Series:	BAAS paperbacks.
Subjects:	Beat literature > History and cricitism. Beats (Persons) Beats (Persons) > Influence.

Table of 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.