Hip Sublime Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition / Ralph Rosen, Sheila Murnaghan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosen, Ralph, editor.

Murnaghan, Sheila, 1951- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Columbus, OH : The Ohio State University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In their continual attempt to transcend what they perceived as the superficiality, commercialism, and precariousness of life in post-World War II America, the Beat writers turned to the classical authors who provided, on the one hand, a discourse of sublimity to help them articulate their desire for a purity of experience, and, on the other, a venerable literary heritage. This volume examines for the first time the intersections between the Beat writers and the Greco-Roman literary tradition. Many of the “Beatsâ€_x009d_ were university-trained and highly conscious of their literary forebears, frequently incorporating their knowledge of Classical literature into their own avant-garde, experimental practice. The interactions between writers who fashioned themselves as new and iconoclastic, and a venerable literary tradition often seen as conservative and culturally hegemonic, produced fascinating tensions and paradoxes, which are explored here by a diverse group of contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2017: Front list Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100786

ISBN:

9780814213551