The Cambridge Companion to the Beats (Cambridge Companions to Literature) ISBN-13: 9781107184459

ISBN-13: 9781107184459

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Belletto, Steven

Details: The Cambridge Companion to the Beats offers an in-depth overview of one of the most innovative and popular literary periods in America, the Beat era. The Beats were a literary and cultural phenomenon originating in New York City in the 1940s that reached worldwide significance. Although its most well-known figures are Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, the Beat movement radiates out to encompass a rich diversity of figures and texts that merit further study. Consummate innovators, the Beats had a profound effect not only on the direction of American literature, but also on models of socio-political critique that would become more widespread in the 1960s and beyond. Bringing together the most influential Beat scholars writing today, this Companion provides a comprehensive exploration of the Beat movement, asking critical questions about its associated figures and arguing for their importance to postwar American letters.

Release Date: 13-02-2017

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English

Number Of Pages: 332