Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 133 pages) |
Contents |
Beats, movies, and ills of postwar America -- Lisped, muxed, and completely flunk: Jack Kerouac meets the three stooges -- Desolation angels: Kerouac, Buddhism, and film -- Revision, prevision, and the aura of improvisatory art -- Constructing the grotesque body in word, image, and sound |
Summary |
"Film critic David Sterritt's Screening the Beats: Media Culture and the Beat Sensibility showcases the social and aesthetic viewpoints of lynchpin Beat writers Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg, juxtaposing their artistry with 1950s culture and achieving what Kerouac might have called a "bookmovie" riff. In clear prose, Sterritt captures the raw energy of the Beats and joins in their celebration of aesthetic freakishness. Tapping into the diversified spirit of the Beat Generation and its nuanced relationship with postwar American culture, Sterritt considers how the Beats variously foreground, challenge, and illuminate major issues in Hollywood and avant-garde film, critical and cultural theory, and music in the mass-media age."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Film adaptations
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SUBJECT |
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 fast |
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American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Beats (Persons)
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Mass media and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Mass media -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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American literature -- Film adaptations
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Beat generation.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American literature
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Beats (Persons)
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Mass media
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Mass media and literature
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American Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Film adaptations
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2003013286 |
ISBN |
1429417803 |
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9781429417808 |
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