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- catalog abstract "Foster provides a survey of the four major Beat writers: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gregory Corso. These writers were closely allied from the beginning of their careers and shared a particular vision of America, one which in turn defined much of their most celebrated work. They wrote in opposition to the materialistic, conformist culture they saw developing in postwar America, seeking through their fiction and poetry a way out of that world. Literature, as Foster demonstrates, allowed both writer and reader to see things as they were while, at the same time, providing an entry into transcendent realities. The best-known Beat works, On the Road, "Howl," and Naked Lunch, responded directly to social and political conditions at mid-century while indicating ways to escape them. Although the Beats were widely seen as social revolutionaries by journalists, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Corso were always predominantly writers. As the United States moved away from the contained, conservative temperament of the postwar period, the Beats became celebrities, and, as such, were dependent for their reputations on newspapers, magazines, and television. Their fame assured that they would be read, yet they were perhaps better known for their values and their personalities than for their books. Confusing the writer with the subject of On the Road, Kerouac's early followers were surprised to find that he did not even like to drive. They failed to see that his real revolution had to do with language. Foster focuses on the problems of language and aesthetics that the Beats confronted and suggests to the reader the great range of influence their work has had on subsequent writers.".
- catalog contributor b3622948.
- catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Hipsters, Beats, and the True Frontier -- Ch. 2. Kerouac -- Ch. 3. Ginsberg -- Ch. 4. Corso -- Ch. 5. Burroughs -- Ch. 6. After the Deluge.".
- catalog description "Foster provides a survey of the four major Beat writers: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gregory Corso. These writers were closely allied from the beginning of their careers and shared a particular vision of America, one which in turn defined much of their most celebrated work. They wrote in opposition to the materialistic, conformist culture they saw developing in postwar America, seeking through their fiction and poetry a way out of that world. Literature, as Foster demonstrates, allowed both writer and reader to see things as they were while, at the same time, providing an entry into transcendent realities. The best-known Beat works, On the Road, "Howl," and Naked Lunch, responded directly to social and political conditions at mid-century while indicating ways to escape them. Although the Beats were widely seen as social revolutionaries by journalists, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Corso were always predominantly writers. As the United States moved away from the contained, conservative temperament of the postwar period, the Beats became celebrities, and, as such, were dependent for their reputations on newspapers, magazines, and television. Their fame assured that they would be read, yet they were perhaps better known for their values and their personalities than for their books. Confusing the writer with the subject of On the Road, Kerouac's early followers were surprised to find that he did not even like to drive. They failed to see that his real revolution had to do with language. Foster focuses on the problems of language and aesthetics that the Beats confronted and suggests to the reader the great range of influence their work has had on subsequent writers.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 235 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0872497984 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Understanding contemporary American literature".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia : University of South Carolina Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "810.9/0054 20".
- catalog subject "American literature 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Beat generation.".
- catalog subject "Bohemianism United States.".
- catalog subject "Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PS228.B6 F67 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Hipsters, Beats, and the True Frontier -- Ch. 2. Kerouac -- Ch. 3. Ginsberg -- Ch. 4. Corso -- Ch. 5. Burroughs -- Ch. 6. After the Deluge.".
- catalog title "Understanding the Beats / Edward Halsey Foster.".
- catalog type "text".