Gair, C. (2020) The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats Women Writers of the Beat Era: Autobiography and Intertextuality World Beats: Beat Generation Writing and the Worlding of U.S. Literature Kerouac: Language, Poetics, and Territory. American Literature, 92(2), pp. 400-403. (doi: 10.1215/00029831-8267912)[Book Review]
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Abstract
Review essay of the four books listed above, each of which offers a revisionist account of the Beat Generation. The full details of the books are as follows: The Spiritual Imagination of the Beats. By Calonne, David Stephen. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press. 2017. viii, 236 pp. Cloth, $105.00; e-book, $84.00. Women Writers of the Beat Era: Autobiography and Intertextuality. By Carden, Mary Paniccia. Charlottesville: Univ. of Virginia Press. 2018. xvi, 227 pp. Cloth, $75.00; paper, $29.50; e-book, $75.00. World Beats: Beat Generation Writing and the Worlding of U.S. Literature. By Fazzino, Jimmy. Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College Press. 2016. 258 pp. Paper, $40.00. Kerouac: Language, Poetics, and Territory. By Melehy, Hassan. New York: Bloomsbury. 2016. xiii, 255 pp. Cloth, $94.50; paper, $27.96; e-book, $19.77.
| Item Type: | Book Reviews |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gair, Dr Chris |
| Authors: | Gair, C. |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PS American literature |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
| Journal Name: | American Literature |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| ISSN: | 0002-9831 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1527-2117 |
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