PILGRIMS TO ELSEWHERE

Literary criticism
Written By Camelia Elias

PILGRIMS TO ELSEWHERE: REFLECTIONS ON WRITING BY ALLEN GINSBERG, GREGORY CORSO, BOB KAUFMAN, AND OTHERS

GREGORY STEPHENSON

The essays and shorter pieces in this collection treat writers of the Beat Generation, together with certain of their allies and ancestors. Authors whose works are considered include Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Bob Kaufman, as well as Fitz Hugh Ludlow, James S. Lee and Ken Nordine.

A theme seen implicitly to be linking these authors is their common yearning for utopian harmony and mystical transcendence, a desire that drives their vocation as pilgrims to elsewhere.

6×9” | B&W | 114 pp

ISBN 978-8792633248

 
 

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Standard paperback 2013 | $19

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Essays

 
 
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