Stevenson, Guy. 2020. Anti-Humanism in the Counterculture. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783030477592 [Book]

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This book explores an unexpected conservatism at the heart of experimental American literature between 1945 and 1970. Through case studies of Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Norman Mailer, Marshall McLuhan – among others – it questions the apparent political progressivism of a literary period that was in fact deeply rooted in earlier, reactionary ideas. By reassessing the counterculture of the 1950s and 60s, it argues, we can reach a better understanding of our moral and cultural certitudes today.

Item Type:	Book
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47760-8
Keywords:	The American Counterculture, Modernism, The Beat Generation, Identity Politics, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	English and Comparative Literature
Date:	2020
Item ID:	26758
Date Deposited:	15 Aug 2019 14:57
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2024 21:39
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/26758

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