The Beat Generation (Hardcover)

by William Lawlor (Author)

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Product Description
Discusses the appropriate place for the Beats in the literary canon and curriculum and provides an overview of teaching practices at schools and universities throughout the United States. Individual chapters on general Beat literature, Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Kerouac provide the substance of the bibliography. Annotated references for primary and secondary materials include audio tapes, videos, CD-ROMs, and web sites, as well as standard printed sources. Besides the famous triumvirate of Beat writers, "The Beat Generation" features a section entitled "Other Beats" which includes bibliographical paragraphs on seventy-five authors and editors associated with the Beat movement.

About the Author
William Lawlor is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, he spent the 1997-1998 academic year as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 376 pages
• Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. (April 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810833875
• ISBN-13: 978-0810833876
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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