bop apocalypse
Subtitle: the religious visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs
By: [John Lardas].
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Spengler, Oswald, 1880-1936 -- Influence; Burroughs, William S., 1914- -- Religion; Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Religion; Ginsberg, Allen, 1926- -- Religion; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Beat generation; Religious fiction, American -- History and criticism; Religious poetry, American -- History and criticism; Religion and literature -- History -- 20th century; Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism; Visions in literature
Genres: Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Tradition of subversion; title: "America, when will your cowboys read Spengler?": Anxiety and influence in postwar America; title: Sex, drugs, and theology: The Spenglerian strain of piety; title: "No time for poetry but exactly what is": The Utopia of Beat language; title: "Storming the reality studios": Beat remythologies; title: Conclusion: The Seduction of tradition.