The bop apocalypse : the religious visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs /
Lardas, John,1971-
Urbana : University of Illinois Press,
c2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index.
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.
Spengler, Oswald, 1880-1936
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-
American literature
Beat generation.
Religious fiction, American
Religious poetry, American
Religion and literature
Apocalyptic literature
Visions in literature.