Spirituality and Religious Traditions in Beat Literature

Autor: David Stephen Calonne
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Beats
DOI: 10.3828/liverpool/9781949979954.003.0005
Popis: This essay explicates a Beat fascination with esoteric religious traditions, including astrology, alchemy, and Gnosticism, illuminating heterodoxies characterizing countercultural minorities from antiquity to the present and shaping the Beat imagination. Calonne presents detailed readings of the poetry of Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, and Michael McClure
Databáze: OpenAIRE