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

In their continual attempt to transcend what they perceived as the superficiality, commercialism, and precariousness of life in post-World War II America, the Beat writers turned to the classical authors who provided, on the one hand, a discourse of sublimity to help them articulate their desire for a purity of experience, and, on the other, a venerable literary heritage. This volume examines f…

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9780814213551
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800 MUR h