Ecstasy of the Beats : On the Road to Understanding
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Creighton invites the reader on the Beats journey toward deeper levels of understanding and provides insights into Kerouacs French-Canadian roots.
Who were the beats? Not the sandle-clad "beatniks" of popular lore but dedicated writers, experimenters, skit improvisers, theorizers, hedonists, close friends, bisexual free lovers, shapers of the future. The beats hung out at Columbia university and cheap Times Square cafeterias, devouring ideas. David Creighton shows how the world has taken up their message. In Ecstasy of the Beats he gives a fresh portrait of Carolyn Cassady, "Queen of the Beats," and of the four major Beat writers.
Jack Kerouacs On the Road gave a pattern of adventure to restless youth, Allen Ginsberg donned a prophets robe by writing Howl, William Burroughs warned against control mechanisms in Naked Lunch, and Neal Cassadys high-energy life made him an icon of freedom. Travelling widely to see where they lived, Creighton enriches the meaning of On the Road and other Beat classics. He invites the reader on the Beats journey toward ever-deeper levels of understanding and provides interesting insight into Kerouacs French-Canadian roots.
Who were the beats? Not the sandle-clad "beatniks" of popular lore but dedicated writers, experimenters, skit improvisers, theorizers, hedonists, close friends, bisexual free lovers, shapers of the future. The beats hung out at Columbia university and cheap Times Square cafeterias, devouring ideas. David Creighton shows how the world has taken up their message. In Ecstasy of the Beats he gives a fresh portrait of Carolyn Cassady, "Queen of the Beats," and of the four major Beat writers.
Jack Kerouac''s On the Road gave a pattern of adventure to restless youth, Allen Ginsberg donned a prophet''s robe by writing Howl, William Burroughs warned against control mechanisms in Naked Lunch, and Neal Cassady''s high-energy life made him an icon of freedom. Travelling widely to see where they lived, Creighton enriches the meaning of On the Road and other Beat classics. He invites the reader on the Beats'' journey toward ever-deeper levels of understanding and provides interesting insight into Kerouacs French-Canadian roots.
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