Laurence Coupe

Beat sound, Beat vision (eBook, ePUB)

The Beat spirit and popular song

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What does the 'Beat' in 'Beatles' really mean? Why did Bob Dylan want to visit Jack Kerouac's grave with Allen Ginsberg? How does reading Gary Snyder help us understand the lyrics of Jim Morrison? This book provides the answers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847796264
• Artikelnr.: 42371500

Autorenporträt

Laurence Coupe is Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. 'This is IT': Alan Watts and the visionary tradition 2. 'Go
moan for man': Jack Kerouac and the beatific vision 3. 'Vision music': Bob
Dylan, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg 4. 'Within you ... without you': the
Beatles and Allen Ginsberg 5. 'Eco-Zen', or 'a heaven in a wild flower':
from Gary Snyder to Nick Drake Postscript