Gregory Corso
Subtitle: doubting Thomist
By: Kirby Olson.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Corso, Gregory -- Criticism and interpretation.; Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 -- Influence.; Corso, Gregory -- Religion.; Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Christian poetry, American -- History and criticism.; Belief and doubt in literature.; Beat generation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Corso and Christianity 1; title: 2. Corso and the Great Chain of Being 31; title: 3. Static Thomism-or Progressive Romanticism? 55; title: 4. Corso's "Perspective Through Incongruity" 88; title: 5. Toward a Psychiatric Evaluation of Corso 100; title: 6. Monstrous Aesthetics 130; title: 7. Corso's Inquisition of Christian Metaphysics 148; title: 8. Would You Rent Corso an Apartment? 153; title: 9. Conclusion 163; title: Works Cited 175; title: Index 179.