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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789973503321

Titolo

Breaking the rule of cool [[electronic resource] ] : interviewing and reading women beat writers / / Nancy M. Grace and Ronna C. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2004

ISBN

1-60473-599-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GraceNancy McCampbell

JohnsonRonna

Disciplina

810.9/9287/09045

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Beat generation

Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century

American literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Authors, American - 20th century

Women authors, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Mapping Women Writers of the Beat Generation; I ANATOMIZING THE BEAT GENERATION; II THE ART OF WRITING IN BETWEEN; CONCLUSION: ACHIEVING THE "'PHALLIC' POSITION"; Interviewing Women Beat Writers; Single Out: Ruth Weiss; Part I; Part II; Part III; Pieces of a Song; Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Artista; Places to Go; Drive; Part I; Part II; In the Night Café; Part I; Part II; The Story and Its Writer; Tracking the Serpent; Fast Speaking Woman; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Footnotes;

Sommario/riassunto

BIOGRAPHY  ̈ LITERARY CRITICISM--> The Beat movement nurtured many female dissidents and artists who contributed to Beat culture and connected the Beats with the second wave of the women's movement. Although they have often been eclipsed by the men of the Beat Generation, the women's contributions to Beat literature are considerable. Covering writers from the beginning of the movement in the 1950's and extending to the present, this book features interviews with nine of the best-known women Beat writers, including Diane di



Prima, ruth weiss, Joyce Johnson, Hettie Jones, Joanne Kyger, Brenda Fraz