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Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation

Gregory Stephenson

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Description:In these critical essays Gregory Stephenson takes the reader on a journey through the literature of the Beat a journey encompassing that common ethos of Beat literatureOCothe passage from darkness to light, from fragmented being toward wholeness, from Beat to Beatific.a He travels through Jack KerouacOCOs Duluoz Legend, " "following KerouacOCOs quests for identity, community, and spiritual knowledge. He examines Allen GinsbergOCOs use of transcendence in OC Howl, OCO discovers the Gnostic vision in William S. BurroughsOCOs fiction, and studies the mythic, visionary power of Lawrence FerlinghettiOCOs poetry. Stephenson also provides detailed examinations of the writing of lesser-known Beat John Clellon Holmes, Gregory Corso, Richard Faria, and Michael McClure. He explores the myth and the mystery of the literary legend of Neal Cassady. The book concludes with a look at the common traits of the Beat writersOCotheir use of primitivism, shamanism, myth and magic, spontaneity, and improvisation, all of which led them to a new idiom of consciousness and to the expansion of the parameters of American literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation. To get started finding Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In these critical essays Gregory Stephenson takes the reader on a journey through the literature of the Beat a journey encompassing that common ethos of Beat literatureOCothe passage from darkness to light, from fragmented being toward wholeness, from Beat to Beatific.a He travels through Jack KerouacOCOs Duluoz Legend, " "following KerouacOCOs quests for identity, community, and spiritual knowledge. He examines Allen GinsbergOCOs use of transcendence in OC Howl, OCO discovers the Gnostic vision in William S. BurroughsOCOs fiction, and studies the mythic, visionary power of Lawrence FerlinghettiOCOs poetry. Stephenson also provides detailed examinations of the writing of lesser-known Beat John Clellon Holmes, Gregory Corso, Richard Faria, and Michael McClure. He explores the myth and the mystery of the literary legend of Neal Cassady. The book concludes with a look at the common traits of the Beat writersOCotheir use of primitivism, shamanism, myth and magic, spontaneity, and improvisation, all of which led them to a new idiom of consciousness and to the expansion of the parameters of American literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation. To get started finding Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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