A clown in a grave
Subtitle: complexities and tensions in the works of Gregory Corso
By: Michael Skau.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Corso, Gregory -- Criticism and interpretation.; Beat generation.
Description: "Using a number of critical approaches, Michael Skau examines Gregory Corso's complex imagination, his humor, and his poetic techniques in dealing with America, the Beat generation, and death."--BOOK JACKET.

"Skau covers the complete works of Corso, one of the four major Beat Generation writers (with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs) who attempted to provide an alternative to what they saw as the academic forms of literature dominating American writing through the 1940s and 1950s."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-171) and index.
"Criticism, reviews, and commentary on Gregory Corso": p. 173-181.
"Bibliography of works by Gregory Corso": p. 183-225.