Forest Beatniks and Urban Thoreaus: Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, and Michael McClure Contributor(s): Hakutani, Yoshinobu (Editor), Phillips, Rod (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820441597 ISBN-13: 9780820441597 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: May 2000 Click for more in this series: Modern American Literature |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - History - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
Dewey: 810.936 |
LCCN: 98-30527 |
Series: Modern American Literature |
Physical Information: 170 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 196 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Beat Movement, which first rose to attention in 1955, has often been viewed by critics as an urban phenomenon --the product of a postwar-youth culture with roots in the cities of New York and San Francisco. This study examines another side of the Beat Movement: its strong desire for a reconnection with nature. Although each took a different path in attaining this goal, the writers considered here--Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, and Michael McClure--sought a new and closer connection to the natural world. These four writers, along with many of their counterparts in the Beat era, provided a crucial spark that helped to ignite the environmental movement of the 1970s and provided the foundation for the development of the current Deep Ecology worldview. |
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