The bop apocalypse : the religious visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs / [John Lardas].

Author: Modern, John Lardas, 1971-

Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2001.

Descriptionx, 316 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction: The Tradition of subversion -- "America, when will your cowboys read Spengler?": Anxiety and influence in postwar America -- Sex, drugs, and theology: The Spenglerian strain of piety -- "No time for poetry but exactly what is": The Utopia of Beat language -- "Storming the reality studios": Beat remythologies -- Conclusion: The Seduction of tradition.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-310) and index.

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