Adapting the beat poets :: Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Kerouac on screen /

William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac were three of the most significant figures of the Beat Generation, whose writings have been adapted and appropriated for graphic novels, feature-length films, and other media. Adapting the Beat Poets looks at film versions of their writings-incl...

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Main Author: Prince, Michael J., 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Series:Film and history (Lanham, Md.)
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac were three of the most significant figures of the Beat Generation, whose writings have been adapted and appropriated for graphic novels, feature-length films, and other media. Adapting the Beat Poets looks at film versions of their writings-including Naked Lunch, Howl, and On the Road-and examines how these interpretations are linked to each other and how beat literature, which historically and artistically stakes itself on authenticity, can be significantly altered by such adaptations.
Item Description:"The subterraneans, or Arthur Freed's Beatnik musical -- Textural and lexical fidelities in the short film adaptations of William S. Burroughs: Towers open fire, The discipline of D.E., and The junky's Christmas -- David Cronenberg's Naked lunch: filming about Writing -- Mrs. & Mr. Cassady: Heart beat (1980) and The last time I committed suicide (1997) -- The many registers of Allen Ginsberg's Howl (2010) -- Jack Kerouac in the contemporary cultural stream: Walter Salles and Diego Rivera's On the road (2012) and Michael Polish's Big Sur (2013) -- Conclusion."
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442273252
1442273259

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