03353nam 2200817 a 450 991078862480332120200520144314.01-78170-207-11-84779-476-910.7765/9781847794765(CKB)3280000000000510(EBL)1069689(OCoLC)818847478(SSID)ssj0001514787(PQKBManifestationID)12475588(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001514787(PQKBWorkID)11480296(PQKB)10519759(SSID)ssj0000712725(PQKBManifestationID)12259411(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712725(PQKBWorkID)10650322(PQKB)10833457(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085724(OCoLC)960166154(MdBmJHUP)muse78092(Au-PeEL)EBL1069689(CaPaEBR)ebr10627239(MiAaPQ)EBC1069689(DE-B1597)659707(DE-B1597)9781847794765(EXLCZ)99328000000000051020121207d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeat sound, Beat vision[electronic resource] the Beat spirit and popular song /Laurence CoupeManchester Manchester University Press20071 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-7113-5 0-7190-7112-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; A note on usage; 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 via Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; 4. 'Mantra rock':the Beatles via Allen Ginsberg; 5. 'Eco-Zen', or 'a heaven in a wild flower':from Gary Snyder to Nick Drake; Postscript; Select bibliography; Index.This book reveals the ideas behind the Beat vision which influenced the Beat sound of the songwriters who followed on from them. Having explored the thinking of Alan Watts, who coined the term 'Beat Zen', and who influenced the counterculture which emerged out of the Beat movement, it celebrates Jack Kerouac as a writer in pursuit of a 'beatific' vision. On this basis, the book goes on to explain the relevance of Kerouac and his friends Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder to songwriters who emerged in the 1960s. Not only are new, detailed readings of the lyrics of the Beatles and of Dylan given, bu.Beat generationInfluencePopular music1961-19701960s.Alan Watts.Allen Ginsberg.Beat movement.Beatles.Bob Dylan.Gary Snyder.Jack Kerouac.counterculture.songwriters.Beat generationInfluence.Popular music782.42164810.90054Coupe Laurence167132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788624803321Beat sound, Beat vision3743166UNINA