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The Beat Generation: A Bibliographic Teaching Guide (Magill Bibliographies) - Hardcover

Lawlor, William

 
9780810833876: The Beat Generation: A Bibliographic Teaching Guide (Magill Bibliographies)

Synopsis

Discusses the appropriate place for the Beats in the literary canon and curriculum and provides an overview of teaching practices at schools and universities throughout the United States. Individual chapters on general Beat literature, Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Kerouac provide the substance of the bibliography. Annotated references for primary and secondary materials include audio tapes, videos, CD-ROMs, and web sites, as well as standard printed sources. Besides the famous triumvirate of Beat writers, The Beat Generation features a section entitled "Other Beats" which includes bibliographical paragraphs on seventy-five authors and editors associated with the Beat movement.

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About the Author

William Lawlor is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin―Stevens Point. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, he spent the 1997-1998 academic year as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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