Book Review: The Cambridge Companion to the Beats. Edited by Steven Belletto. Cambridge University Press, 2017

The 18 chapters discuss the concept of the Beats, the relation of the Beats to later countercultural movements, Beat aesthetics, Beat literary history, three central Beat authors (Ginsberg, Kerouac, and Burroughs), the role of memoir in Beat writing (focusing on Joyce Johnson's Minor Characters...

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Published in:Journal of beat studies 2019, Vol.7, p.59-112
Main Author: Johnston, Allan
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
African American literature
Ambiguity
Authorship
Autobiographical literature
Beat Generation
Contemporary literature
Ethnography
Females
Gender
Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997)
Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969)
Literary characters
Literary criticism
Literary devices
Literary history
Literary influences
Modernism
Narratives
Sexuality
Spirituality
Surrealism
Transnationalism
Writers
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