Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation

by Carole Tonkinson

Paperback, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

810.9382

Genres

Collection

Untitled collection

Publication

Riverhead Trade (1995), Edition: Riverhead ed, Paperback, 387 pages

Description

Essays, poems, photographs, and letters explore the link between Buddhism and the Beats--with previously unpublished material from several beat writers, including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, and Diane diPrima.

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It wasn't all be-bop and THC; the swans came to the lake.

Subjects

American literature 20th century
American literature Oriental influences
Beat generation Literary collections
Buddhism Literary collections
Buddhism in literature

Language

English

Physical description

387 p.; 5.51 inches

ISBN

1573225010 / 9781573225014

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