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Women of the Beat Generation
The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution
by Brenda Knight
ISBN: 1567312969
ISBN-13: 9781567312966
Format: Hardcover
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The author brings to the forefront long-overlooked Beat figures such as Jane Bowles, Eileen Kaufman, Mary Korte, Hettie Jones, Denise Levertov, Joanna McClure, Josephine Miles, and Ruth Weiss, among others.
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Women Of The Beat Generation reverberates with the howls, raps, roars, and visions of over forty women writers, artists, and muses from one of the most fascinating eras of American history. With riveting biographies, over 50 rare photos, and original writings, Women Of The Beat Generation is an anthology of the life and work of some magnificently creative and rebellious women who broke from tradition during the rigidly conformist fifties. Women Of The Beat Generation reflects a brilliant time of rebellion and the intellectual groundwork of what would one day become the modern feminist movement. There is a literature by, about, and for women that is as unique as any other genre. Women of the Beat Generation captures and showcases just such a segment of literary vigor and excellence. -- Unknown Critic Staff
-- Midwest Book Review
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Publisher: Fine Communications
Published date: 2000
Size: 7.25 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
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Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution
Knight, Brenda and Charters, Ann
New York: MJF Books, 2000 Female Beats wrote poetry, took drugs, went on the road, listened to jazz, and lived on the fringe just as the men did, but their accomplishments are not as widely recognized. This volume attempts to correct this oversight by profiling 40 women of the Beat generation and publishing samples of their work. Well-known poets Diane di Prima and Denise Levertov appear in the volume, along with the muses of male writers and other women who never became famous at all. As Brenda Knight notes in her introduction, counterculture women in the 1950s and 1960s faced difficult obstacles: "To be unmarried, a poet, an artist, to bear biracial children, to go on the road was doubly shocking for a woman, and social condemnation was high." The first portion of the anthology is devoted to women who were not Beats but who set the stage for the movement. Josephine Miles wrote poetry and mentored the younger Beat poets at Berkeley, while Madeline Gleason founded the San Francisco Poetry Festival. In the "Muses" section are short biographies of wives and girlfriends of famous male writers such as Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady. It's widely known that William S. Burroughs shot his wife Joan Vollmer Adams Burroughs; this book fills in other details of her wild and short life. Profiles of writers such as Joyce Johnson, Hettie Jones, Janna McClure, and Janine Pommy Vega account for the rest of the anthology. The lives these women led are as interesting as their writing, and Women of the Beat Generation honors their determination to live outside the mainstream.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Delectus Books (United Kingdom)
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Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution
Knight, Brenda
Fine Communications. Hardcover. 1567312969 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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