Emerson's Contemporaries and Kerouac's Crowd: A Problem of Self-locationFairleigh Dickinson Press, 2003 - 179 pages Writers of the Beat Generation were conscious that they shared thematic and philosophical concerns with writers of the American Renaissance. This study provides the first extended examination of interests held in common by these two groups. The writers studies include Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Baraka. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Soul the Body and SelfLocation | 15 |
The Self in Two Places at Once | 34 |
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Emerson's Contemporaries and Kerouac's Crowd: A Problem of Self-Location Bradley J. Stiles No preview available - 2002 |
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