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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  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: May 2000
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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
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 196
 
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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.
 
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