Screening the Beats: Media Culture and the Beat Sensibility

by David Sterritt

Film critic David Sterritt's Screening the Beats: Media Culture and the Beat Sensibility showcases the social and aesthetic viewpoints of lynchpin Beat writers Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg, juxtaposing their artistry with 1950s culture and achieving what Kerouac might have called a "bookmovie" riff. In clear prose, Sterritt captures the raw energy of the Beats and joins in their celebration of aesthetic freakishness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809325632
• ISBN13: 9780809325634
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"