The Bop Apocalypse
Subtitle: The Religious Visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: November 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780252025990
Subjects: Literary studies: general; 20th Century American Literature; Philosophy Of Religion; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Religion; USA; American - General; Burroughs, William S; Ginsberg, Allen; Influence; Kerouac, Jack; Religion / General; Spengler, Oswald; Philosophy; 20th century; American literature; Beat generation; History and criticism; Religious fiction, American
First sentence: 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.