Seeing the Beat Generation: Entering the Literature through FilmBeat generation writers dismantled mainstream America. They wrote under the influence of psychedelic drugs; they crossed and navigated multicultural boundaries and questioned the American dream; and they explored homosexuality, feminism and hyper-masculinity, redefining America's marital and familial codes. Teaching such a history can be daunting, but film adaptations of Beat literature have proven to engage students. This book looks closely at the film adaptations of works by such authors as Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Gary Snyder, Carolyn Cassady, Amiri Baraka and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as they relate to American history and literary studies. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 11 |
One Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac | 25 |
Two Allen Ginsberg | 89 |
Three William S Burroughs | 113 |
Four Amiri Baraka Lawrence Ferlinghetti Carolyn Cassady and Gary Snyder | 167 |
Conclusion | 197 |
Audiobooks and Recordings | 201 |
Chapter Notes | 215 |
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