03352nam 2200709Ia 450 991082607940332120200520144314.01-280-69754-797866136745000-8093-8647-X1-4416-4596-9(CKB)2560000000012857(EBL)1354591(OCoLC)817089169(SSID)ssj0000415477(PQKBManifestationID)11285063(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415477(PQKBWorkID)10418063(PQKB)10604015(SSID)ssj0000681232(PQKBManifestationID)12228117(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681232(PQKBWorkID)10654234(PQKB)11234475(MiAaPQ)EBC1354591(OCoLC)645068690(MdBmJHUP)muse5338(Au-PeEL)EBL1354591(CaPaEBR)ebr10569691(CaONFJC)MIL367450(EXLCZ)99256000000001285720090413h20091990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe daybreak boys essays on the literature of the beat generation /by Gregory StephensonPbk. ed.Carbondale, ill. Southern Illinois University Press2009, c19901 online resource (232 p.)Includes bibliographical references (p.201-208) and index.0-8093-1564-5 0-8093-2949-2 Bibliography: p.201-208.Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Circular Journey: Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend; 3. Allen Ginsberg's ""Howl"""" A Reading; 4. The Gnostic Vision of William S. Burroughs; 5. ""The Arcadian Map"": Notes on the Poetry of Gregory Corso; 6. Homeward from Nowhere: Notes on the Novels of John Clellon Holmes; 7. From the Substrate: Notes on the Work of Michael McClure; 8. Toward Organized Innocence: Richard Farina's Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me; 9. The ""Spiritual Optics"" of Lawrence Ferlinghetti10. Friendly and Flowing Savage: The Literary Legend of Neal Cassady11. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back CoverIn these critical essays Gregory Stephenson takes the reader on a journey through the literature of the Beat Generation: a journey encompassing that common ethos of Beat literature-the passage from darkness to light, from fragmented being toward wholeness, from Beat to Beatific. He travels through Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend, following Kerouac's quests for identity, community, and spiritual knowledge. He examines Allen Ginsberg's use of transcendence in "Howl," discovers the Gnostic vision in William S. Burroughs's fiction, and studies the mythic, visionary power of Lawrence FAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismBeat generationAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Beat generation.810.90054810/.9/0054Stephenson Gregory1947-683135MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826079403321The daybreak boys3992136UNINA