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the religious visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs

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University of Illinois Press
Language
English
Pages
316

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Subjects
History and criticism, Religion, Beat generation, Religious poetry, American, Religion and literature, Influence, Religious fiction, American, American literature, Visions in literature, Apocalyptic literature, History, American Religious fiction, American Religious poetry
People
William S. Burroughs (1914-), Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), Allen Ginsberg (1926-), Oswald Spengler (1880-1936)
Times
20th century

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November 15, 2000, University of Illinois Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Tradition of subversion
"America, when will your cowboys read Spengler?": Anxiety and influence in postwar America
Sex, drugs, and theology: The Spenglerian strain of piety
"No time for poetry but exactly what is": The Utopia of Beat language
"Storming the reality studios": Beat remythologies
Conclusion: The Seduction of tradition.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index.

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Genre
Religion.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
810.9/382
Library of Congress
PS228.B6 L37 2001

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Pagination
x, 316 p. ;
Number of pages
316

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6776015M
ISBN 10
0252025997
LCCN
00008649
Library Thing
1275560
Goodreads
134185

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On March 18, 1956, five months after his first reading of "Howl" at the Six Gallery in San Francisco, Allen Ginsberg took center stage at the Berkeley Town Hall.
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