LEADER 03352nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910826079403321 005 20240604165539.0 010 $a1-280-69754-7 010 $a9786613674500 010 $a0-8093-8647-X 010 $a1-4416-4596-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012857 035 $a(EBL)1354591 035 $a(OCoLC)817089169 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000415477 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11285063 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415477 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10418063 035 $a(PQKB)10604015 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000681232 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12228117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681232 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10654234 035 $a(PQKB)11234475 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354591 035 $a(OCoLC)645068690 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5338 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354591 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10569691 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367450 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012857 100 $a20090413h20091990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe daybreak boys $eessays on the literature of the beat generation /$fby Gregory Stephenson 205 $aPbk. ed. 210 $aCarbondale, ill. $cSouthern Illinois University Press$d2009, c1990 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.201-208) and index. 311 $a0-8093-1564-5 311 $a0-8093-2949-2 320 $aBibliography: p.201-208. 327 $aCover; 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 Ferlinghetti 327 $a10. Friendly and Flowing Savage: The Literary Legend of Neal Cassady11. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Cover 330 $aIn 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 F 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBeats (Persons) 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBeats (Persons). 676 $a810.90054 676 $a810/.9/0054 700 $aStephenson$b Gregory$f1947-$0683135 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826079403321 996 $aThe daybreak boys$93992136 997 $aUNINA