Beat drama : playwrights and performances of the 'howl' generation /

Beat drama : playwrights and performances of the 'howl' generation / edited by Deborah Geis. - 376 pages. - Methuen Drama engage . - Methuen Drama engage. .

This volume gathers essays about the work in drama and performance by and about the 'Beat Generation', ranging from the well-known Beat figures such as Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs, to the 'Afro-Beats' - LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Bob Kaufman, and others. It offers original studies of the women Beats - Di Prima, Bunny Lang - as well as groups like the Living Theater, who in this era first challenged the literal and physical boundaries of the performance space itself.

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9781472567871 (pbk.) : £17.99


American drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Beat generation.
Literature.
Literature.

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