The Transnational Beat Generation

Grace, N.

This collection maps the Beat Generation movement, exploring American Beat writers alongside parallel movements in other countries that shared a critique of global capitalism. Ranging from the immediate post-World War II period and continuing into the 1990s, the essays illustrate Beat participation in the global circulation of a poetics of dissent.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-03-15

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780230108417

DOI: 10.1057/9781137014498

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 282