The transnational beat generation
By: edited by Nancy M. Grace and Jennie Skerl
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780230108400; 9780230108417
Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; Beat generation; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; American literature; History and criticism; Influence; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry
Description: "This collection maps the Beat Generation movement globally, exploring American Beat writers alongside parallel movements in other countries that shared a critique of global capitalism and a sense of the permeability of national and cultural boundaries. Ranging from the immediate post-World War II period and continuing into the 1990s, the essays illustrate Beat participation in the global circulation of a poetics of dissent that both affirms and transforms nation/state identities"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.