| Forest Beatniks and Urban Thoreaus: Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, and Michael McClure Contributor(s): Hakutani, Yoshinobu (Editor), Phillips, Rod (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820441597 ISBN-13: 9780820441597 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $77.52 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - History - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 810.936 |
| LCCN: 98-30527 |
| Series: Modern American Literature |
| Physical Information: 170 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Beat Movement, which first rose to attention in 1955, has often been viewed by critics as an urban phenomenon --the product of a postwar-youth culture with roots in the cities of New York and San Francisco. This study examines another side of the Beat Movement: its strong desire for a reconnection with nature. Although each took a different path in attaining this goal, the writers considered here--Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, and Michael McClure--sought a new and closer connection to the natural world. These four writers, along with many of their counterparts in the Beat era, provided a crucial spark that helped to ignite the environmental movement of the 1970s and provided the foundation for the development of the current Deep Ecology worldview. |