Seeing the Beat generation : entering the literature through film / Raj Chandarlapaty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandarlapaty, Raj, 1970- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beat fiction, American.

American fiction.

Film adaptations--History and criticism.

Film adaptations.

American fiction--20th century--Film adaptations.

Beat fiction, American--History and criticism.

American fiction--Film adaptations.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Film adaptations.

Physical Description:

v, 229 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : Farland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"This book looks closely at the film adaptations of works by such authors as Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Carolyn Cassady, Amiri Baraka and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as they relate to American history and literary studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: new Americanist visions, modern theory and knowledge, and the Beat "setting" as found in film

Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac: the films and the reinvention of text

Allen Ginsberg: the films and romanticism's true test

William S. Burroughs: the films and his postmodern techniques of reinvention

Amiri Baraka, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Carolyn Cassady and Gary Snyder: films on the relevance of the lesser-known Beats

Conclusion: sixty-five years later, and what did we learn?

Appendix: audiobooks and recordings: new Beat

Consciousness and teaching the Beats.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781476675756

1476675759

OCLC:

1099543125