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Beat drama : playwrights and performances of the 'howl' generation / edited by Deborah Geis.

Contributor(s): Geis, Deborah R, 1960- [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Methuen Drama engagePublisher: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016Description: 376 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472567871 (pbk.) :Subject(s): American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Beat generation | Literature | LiteratureDDC classification: 812.5'4'09 Summary: 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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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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