TY - BOOK AU - Lee,A.Robert TI - The Beats: Authorships, Legacies T2 - BAAS Paperbacks : BAAS SN - 9781474403962 PY - 2022///] CY - Edinburgh : PB - Edinburgh University Press, KW - Beat literature KW - History and cricitism KW - Beats (Persons) KW - Influence KW - Literary Studies KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1. Beat Origins and Circuits, 1940s –1960s --; 2. Allen Ginsberg: Public Privacy --; 3. Jack Kerouac: Road, Jazz, Zen --; 4. Front Row: Insider Beats --; 5. Gallery: Outrider Beats --; 6. Beat’s Women. Women’s Beat --; 7. Afro-Beat --; 8. Inter-Beat. Post-Beat --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - Explores the counter-cultural movement known as the Beat GenerationGives a detailed overview of the movement both in the US and internationallyIncludes chapters on significant women writers such as Diane di Prima, Joanne Kyger and Anne WaldmanCovers readings from John Clellon Holmes, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Corso to Herbert Huncke, Neal Cassady, Michael McClure and Gary SnyderFocuses on African American writers like LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, Ted Joans and Bob KaufmanThis 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 new, even postmodern, forms UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474403986 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474403986 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474403986/original ER -