| World Beats: Beat Generation Writing and the Worlding of U.S. Literature Contributor(s): Fazzino, Jimmy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611688981 ISBN-13: 9781611688986 Publisher: Dartmouth College Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Politics |
| Dewey: 810.900 |
| LCCN: 2020715367 |
| Series: Re-Mapping the Transnational: A Dartmouth Series in American |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 na ve 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. |