Hip Sublime: Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition, Murnaghan Sheila, Rosen Ralph M.

Автор: Murnaghan Sheila
Название: Hip Sublime: Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition
ISBN: 0814213553 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780814213551
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Описание: Despite their self-presentation as iconoclasts, the writers of the Beat Generation were deeply engaged with the classical tradition. Many of them were university-trained and highly conscious of their literary forebears, and they frequently incorporated their knowledge of Greco-Roman literature into their own subversive, experimental practice. Seeking to transcend the superficiality, commercialism, and precariousness of life in post-World War II America, the Beat writers found in their classical models both a venerable literary heritage and a discourse of sublimity through which to articulate their desire for purity.

In this volume, a diverse group of contributors explore for the first time the fascinating tensions and paradoxes that arose from interactions between these avant-garde writers and a literary tradition often seen as conservative and culturally hegemonic. With essays that cover the canonical Beat authors--such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs--along with less well-known figures--including Kenneth Rexroth, Ed Sanders, and Diane di Prima--Hip Sublime: Beat Writers and the Classical Tradition brings long overdue attention to the Beat movement's formative appropriation of the Greek and Latin classics.

Автор: Murnaghan Sheila
Название: Disguise and Recognition in the Odyssey
ISBN: 0739129538 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739129531
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание: This book is a comprehensive study of the Odyssey`s plot, which shows how the motifs of disguise and recognition are used to articulate the central values of Homeric society. The story of Odysseus` homecoming is discussed in relation to family dynamics, heroic competition, the social institutions of marriage and hospitality, gender relations, and the enduring power of song.