The Beats in Mexico / David Stephen Calonne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calonne, David Stephen, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beats (Persons).

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Mexican influences.

Mexico--In literature.

Mexico.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

vii, 277 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"The Beats in Mexico is the first book to explore the centrality of Mexico in the lives and works of Beat writers. The book surveys not only the already canonized Beat authors such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Michael McClure, but also breaks new ground in its discussion of often -neglected figures such as the great Surrealist poet Philip Lamantia, who made many trips to Mexico. The Beats in Mexico also is innovative due to its emphasis on the female Beats who have not received the scholarly attention they deserve. Calonne devotes individual chapters to Margaret Randall, Bonnie Bremser and Joanne Kyger and demonstrates their importance to the evolution of the Beat movement in their many writings about Mexico as well as in their devotion to exposing the misogyny which characterized both American and Mexican culture in the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The Mexican Night

2. William S. Burroughs: Something Falls Off When You Cross the Border into Mexico

3. Philip Lamantia: A Surrealist in Mexico

4. Margaret Randall: Poet, Feminist, Revolutionary, and El Corno Emplumado

5. Jack Kerouac: The Magic Land at the End of the Road

6. Allen Ginsberg: I Would Rather Go Mad, Gone Down the Dark Road to Mexico

7. Bonnie Bremser: Troia: Mexican Memoirs

8. Michael McClure and Jim Morrison: Break On Through to the Other Side

9. Joanne Kyger: Phenomenological Mexico.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781978828728

1978828721

OCLC:

1259586000