David Sterritt

The Beats: A Very Short Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a concise overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation, explaining how their drastic visions and radical styles challenged postwar America's dominant values in ways that can still be felt in literature, cinema, music, theater, and the visual arts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 111mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 111g
• ISBN-13: 9780199796779
• ISBN-10: 0199796777
• Artikelnr.: 38077205

Autorenporträt

Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Film, Long Island University; Chair, National Society of Film Critics; Adjunct Professor, School of the Arts, Columbia University; and Adjunct Professor of Art History, Maryland Institute College of Art

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Ch. 1: Origins and essences
Ch. 2: Beats, beatniks, bohemians, and all that jazz
Ch. 3: The writers and the books
Ch. 4: The Beats and popular culture
Ch. 5: The Beat legacy
References
Further reading
Index