Publication

2001-02-01 - Peter Lang Publishing

Language

English

Word Count

42,250 words, Guess

Page Count

169 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL11396003M
  • ISBN-139780820441597
  • ISBN-100820441597
  • OCLC Control Number39605252
  • Library of Congress Control Number98030527
and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1581114
  • Goodreads230203

Classifications

  • LCCPS228.N39 P45 2000

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."--BOOK JACKET.

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