Diane Di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions

by David Stephen Calonne

Book Overview

Diane di Prima: Visionary Poetics and the Hidden Religions reveals how central di Prima was in the discovery, articulation and dissemination of the major themes of the Beat and hippie countercultures from the fifties to the present.

Di Prima (1934--) was at the center of literary, artistic, and musical culture in New York City. She also was at the energetic fulcrum of the Beat movement and, with Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), edited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501366572
• ISBN13: 9781501366574
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"