The French genealogy of the Beat generation Burroughs, Ginsberg and Kerouac's appropriations of modern literature, from Rimbaud to Michaux / Véronique Lane.

Author/creator Lane, Véronique
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Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
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Contents Introduction: beyond "Rimbaud in a raincoat" -- Burroughs or Kerouac's Rimbaud: to be or not to be "l i t e r a r y" -- French poetic realist film in Kerouac's first bookmovie -- Kerouac's humanism: from Celine and Dostoevsky to Proust -- Burroughs' queer aesthetics: from Gide to Cocteau -- Looking back on Ginsberg's "Howl" from "Apollinaire's grave" -- The pitfalls of open secrecy: "Has nobody noticed St.-John Perse?" -- Burroughs' (anti)humanism: Saint Genet and the last lifeboat -- Burroughs, Michaux, and the future of literature -- Conclusion: a purloined genealogy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Lane, Véronique author. French genealogy of the Beat generation New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 9781501325045
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