Beat sound, Beat vision : the Beat spirit and popular song / Laurence Coupe.

Beat sound, Beat vision : the Beat spirit and popular song /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coupe, Laurence, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Series:Contemporary American & Canadian Writers.
Subjects:
Beats (Persons) > Influence.
Popular music > 1961-1970.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 'This is IT': Alan Watts and the visionary tradition
  • 'Go moan for man': Jack Kerouac and the beatific vision
  • 'Vision music': Bob Dylan via Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
  • 'Mantra rock': the Beatles via Allen Ginsberg
  • 'Eco-Zen', or 'a heaven in a wild flower': from Gary Snyder to Nick Drake.

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