An anthology of the best of the beats edited by Anne Waldman (who should know) and containing a chronology of the movement from Kerouac to Snyder. The emphasis is on the the poetry and prose excerpts; However, the volume includes brief biographical sketches, an introduction by Ginsberg, a recommended beat vacation guide of the places where the gang passed out or recovered, and more scholarly references. The writers selected for inclusion represent the core of beat: Corso, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Orlovsky, di Prima, Burroughs, Baraka, Ferlinghetti, Kyger, Kandel, Kaufman, Whalen, McClure, and Snyder. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
But the “ open form ” resulting from what Robert M. Adams calls an “ unresolved tension ” between Cervantes's pair " 3 may have provided a suggestive design along with adapted details . Twain himself , we know , greatly approved the ...
Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from America's consummate author--Mark Twain.
His research into modern religious faith and forms of spirituality is from a psychological and empirical perspective rather than intuitive or spiritual . The other primary male character in the novel is Plucky Purcell , who represents ...
for Palmer , she learns from his sadistic " lessons in manliness " ( II , 143 ) to harden her will and suppress the feminine longing for protection . The narrative moves quickly to Susan's success in overcoming her exploiter .
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Edward Hudlin maintains that the book follows very closely the structure of the heroic myth as outlined by Joseph Campbell ... Carol Pearson and Katherine Pope look at Dorothy's adventures from a mythological and feminist perspective.19 ...
The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain . Cambridge : Cambridge UP , 1995 . Rose , Margaret . Parody : Ancient , Modern , and Post - Modern . Literature , Culture , Theory . Cambridge : Cambridge UP , 1993 . Rowe , John Carlos .
Chronicles the life and career of American author Herman Melville, uncovering autobiographical elements in his diverse works, discussing the historical and cultural implications of his writing, and assessing his accomplishments as a writer.
At whatever level of consciousness , this was Hurston's method of getting a predominantly white society to try on a different and African American subjectivity , one that appeals to the deepest of mythic archetypes .
KAREN TEI YAMASHITA (1951- ) 1 Robin E. Field ♢ BIOGRAPHY Karen Tei Yamashita, a third-generation Japanese American, ... nation and culture; and in an essay in her recent collection Circle K Cycles, she instead claims the term nikkei, ...