The Beats: A Very Short Introduction
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- Verlag OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780199796779
- ISBN10 0199796777
- Gegenstandsart BUCH
- Buchseiten 144
- Sammlung Very Short Introductions #364
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2013
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Taschenbuch
The Beats: A Very Short Introduction
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Buch Details
- Takes advantage of the latest historical research
- Relates the Beats' writing to twentieth-century music, film, and painting
- Explores the Beats within the larger context of American culture and history
- Examines interplay between Beat aesthetics and the political outlook of their day
Members of the Beat Generation hoped that their radical rejection of materialism, consumerism, and regimentation would inspire others to purify their lives and souls as well; yet they urged the remaking of consciousness on a profoundly inward-looking basis, cultivating "the unspeakable visions of the individual," in Kerouac's phrase. The idea was to revolutionize society by revolutionizing thought, not the other way around. This book explains how the Beats used their drastic visions and radical styles to challenge dominant values, fending off absorption into mainstream culture while preparing ground for the larger, more explosive social upheavals of the 1960s. More than half a century later, the Beats' impact can still be felt in literature, cinema, music, theater, and the visual arts.