The Beats: A Literary History
Autor Steven Bellettoen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 mar 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781107176683
ISBN-10: 1107176689
Pagini: 476
Dimensiuni: 159 x 236 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1107176689
Pagini: 476
Dimensiuni: 159 x 236 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Part I. Get Hip, My Soul: How It All Started (1944–1948): 1. The wild outré gang of Columbia campus: the beginnings of a movement; 2. Write for them about them personally: the Beats and avant-garde literary networks at midcentury; Part II. Underground to Literary Celebrity (1948–1957): 3. Hipsters in the zoo: how the Beats came up from the underground; 4. The rise of the Beat novel: factualism to spontaneity; 5. The rise of Beat poetry: raw experience meets raw language; Part III. The Beatnik Era and the Profusion of Beat Literature (1958–1962): 6. The establishment strikes back: Beat becomes Beatnik; 7. Little magazines and subterranean networks; 8. The opening of the field; 9. Revisions of the real; 10. Ignus: from the Beat Hotel to Pull My Daisy; Part IV. Beat Politics (1962–1969): 11. The women who said something; 12. Liberating language; 13. The Vietnam effect; Coda.
Recenzii
'If you're thinking 'Not another book about the Beats!', then think again. Steven Belletto's literary history is surely the first to bring together the rigorous command of scholarly and critical analysis found in specialist studies with the capacious engagement found in cultural histories or essay collections. The book's double achievement is to read deeply and yet wonder broadly, keeping the writing always center stage. Grasping both how the Beats have been represented and how 'representation' was itself the subject of their literary innovations, this is at once a sophisticated self-reflexive inquiry and a highly readable vademecum for anyone with an interest in the field.' Oliver Harris, President, European Beat Studies Association
'Deeply researched and artfully composed, Steven Belletto's The Beats: A Literary History presents along a historical arc a detailed and thorough exposition of the languages and literatures of Beat and Beat-influenced mid-twentieth-century American writers in literary and political contexts. Belletto's comprehensive vision of Beat production will well serve scholars, graduate students, Beat course instructors, and serious fans of this critical school in American literary history - putting the field of Beat Studies forever in his debt.' Nancy M. Grace, editor, Journal of Beat Studies
'Steven Belletto tracks the nascent gathering of a 'libertine circle' as their literary movement rose to worldwide literary and social significance. Deeply researched, intelligently organized, superbly analyzed, The Beats: A Literary History clarifies the historical, cultural, and aesthetic challenges of a widely inclusive cast of Beat artists. Indispensable to both scholars and general readers, this is the most comprehensive, levelheaded book on the Beat Generation and its era.' Matt Theado, editor, The Beats: A Literary Reference
'Thoroughly researched, deftly organized, and perfectly pitched, The Beats: A Literary History immediately takes its place as the authoritative scholarly account of an exemplary literary and cultural movement. In every respect, this book is a first-rate work of literary scholarship and cultural history.' Michael LeMahieu, author of Fictions of Fact and Value: The Erasure of Logical Positivism in American Literature, 1945–1975
'This book is highly-informative, and will appeal to both Beat enthusiast and Beat scholar alike. By placing well-known as well as lesser-known texts into a productive dialogue, Belletto has created a book that is extremely relevant and timely - a much-needed overview of Beat writing that provides a general introduction to their work while simultaneously advancing important claims. Through a series of insightful readings of Beat 'classics' as well as the work of those marginalized in the Beat canon, The Beats: A Literary History shifts attention away from Beat exploits and towards Beat writing, offering the reader a novel and better-nuanced account of the 'Beat sensibility' in the process. The Beats: A Literary History is an essential text for anyone trying to come to terms with that difficult-to-define concept, 'Beat.'' Erik Mortenson, author of Translating the Counterculture: The Reception of the Beats in Turkey
'Belletto's re-telling of Beat cultural history deserves every recognition, truly fresh boots on the ground.' Robert Lee, European Beat Studies Network (https://ebsn.eu/)
'… magisterial and encyclopedic …' Loren Glass, Los Angeles Review of Books
'I am sure young readers will turn on to this literature, will do well to encounter the work in The Beats, will see themselves as their heirs - as long as they call themselves anything but Beat.' Regina Weinreich, The Brooklyn Rail
'A … grounded, well-researched study …' David Gewanter, Times Higher Education
'A scholarly and trenchant contribution to Beat studies … Highly recommended.' W. M. Gargan, Choice
'Deeply researched and artfully composed, Steven Belletto's The Beats: A Literary History presents along a historical arc a detailed and thorough exposition of the languages and literatures of Beat and Beat-influenced mid-twentieth-century American writers in literary and political contexts. Belletto's comprehensive vision of Beat production will well serve scholars, graduate students, Beat course instructors, and serious fans of this critical school in American literary history - putting the field of Beat Studies forever in his debt.' Nancy M. Grace, editor, Journal of Beat Studies
'Steven Belletto tracks the nascent gathering of a 'libertine circle' as their literary movement rose to worldwide literary and social significance. Deeply researched, intelligently organized, superbly analyzed, The Beats: A Literary History clarifies the historical, cultural, and aesthetic challenges of a widely inclusive cast of Beat artists. Indispensable to both scholars and general readers, this is the most comprehensive, levelheaded book on the Beat Generation and its era.' Matt Theado, editor, The Beats: A Literary Reference
'Thoroughly researched, deftly organized, and perfectly pitched, The Beats: A Literary History immediately takes its place as the authoritative scholarly account of an exemplary literary and cultural movement. In every respect, this book is a first-rate work of literary scholarship and cultural history.' Michael LeMahieu, author of Fictions of Fact and Value: The Erasure of Logical Positivism in American Literature, 1945–1975
'This book is highly-informative, and will appeal to both Beat enthusiast and Beat scholar alike. By placing well-known as well as lesser-known texts into a productive dialogue, Belletto has created a book that is extremely relevant and timely - a much-needed overview of Beat writing that provides a general introduction to their work while simultaneously advancing important claims. Through a series of insightful readings of Beat 'classics' as well as the work of those marginalized in the Beat canon, The Beats: A Literary History shifts attention away from Beat exploits and towards Beat writing, offering the reader a novel and better-nuanced account of the 'Beat sensibility' in the process. The Beats: A Literary History is an essential text for anyone trying to come to terms with that difficult-to-define concept, 'Beat.'' Erik Mortenson, author of Translating the Counterculture: The Reception of the Beats in Turkey
'Belletto's re-telling of Beat cultural history deserves every recognition, truly fresh boots on the ground.' Robert Lee, European Beat Studies Network (https://ebsn.eu/)
'… magisterial and encyclopedic …' Loren Glass, Los Angeles Review of Books
'I am sure young readers will turn on to this literature, will do well to encounter the work in The Beats, will see themselves as their heirs - as long as they call themselves anything but Beat.' Regina Weinreich, The Brooklyn Rail
'A … grounded, well-researched study …' David Gewanter, Times Higher Education
'A scholarly and trenchant contribution to Beat studies … Highly recommended.' W. M. Gargan, Choice
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Descriere
A look into the Beat movement and its art beyond the scope of the lives of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs.