Beat sound, beat vision
Subtitle: the beat spirit and popular song
By: Laurence Coupe
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9870719071126
Subjects: Popular music -- United States -- 1961-1970; Popular music -- Great Britain -- 1961-1970; Beat generation -- Philosophy -- Influence; Beat generation -- Influence
Description: "There have been books on the Beats; there have been books on the Beatles; but there has not been a book linking the two. The same is true of Jack Kerouac and Bob Dylan. Nor has there been a study of this range of writers and songwriters, in relation to a central vision. This, then, is the first sustained study of the spiritual revolution made by the Beats and of its impact on popular song." "Beat sound, Beat vision will appeal to all devotees of the Beats and of the songwriters who emerged in the seminal decade of the 1960s. It will also prove useful to students of literature, pop music and religion."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index