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Beat sound, Beat vision (The Beat spirit and popular song)
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Product Details
Author:
Laurence Coupe
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
232
Publisher:
Manchester University Press (January 1, 2012)
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780719071126
ISBN-10:
0719071127
Weight:
14.72oz
Dimensions:
5.43" x 8.5"
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$130.00
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Case Pack:
20
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$100.10
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Overview
This book reveals the ideas behind the Beat vision which influenced the Beat sound of the songwriters who followed on from them. Having explored the thinking of Alan Watts, who coined the term ‘Beat Zen’, and who influenced the counterculture which emerged out of the Beat movement, it celebrates Jack Kerouac as a writer in pursuit of a ‘beatific’ vision. On this basis, the book goes on to explain the relevance of Kerouac and his friends Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder to songwriters who emerged in the 1960s. Not only are new, detailed readings of the lyrics of the Beatles and of Dylan given, but the range and depth of the Beat legacy within popular song is indicated by way of an overview of some important innovators: Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, the Incredible String Band, Van Morrison and Nick Drake.
