The Beats - A Literary History (Hardcover)

Kerouac. Ginsberg. Burroughs. These are the most famous names of the Beat Generation, but in fact they were only the front line of a much more wide-ranging literary and cultural movement. This critical history takes readers through key works by these authors, but also radiates out to discuss dozens more writers and their works, showing how they all contributed to one of the most far-reaching literary movements of the post-World War II era. Moving from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, this book explores key aesthetic and thematic innovations of the Beat writers, the pervasiveness of the Beatnik caricature, the role of the counterculture in the post-war era, the involvement of women in the Beat project, and the changing face of Beat political engagement during the Vietnam War era.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2020
Authors:	Steven Belletto
Dimensions:	236 x 159 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	476
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-17668-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	1-107-17668-9
Barcode:	9781107176683

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