
"Forest Beatniks" and "Urban Thoreaus"
Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, and Michael McClure
About this book
"The Beat Movement, which first rose to attention in 1955, has often been viewed by critics as an urban phenomenon - the product of a postwar-youth culture with roots in the cities of New York and San Francisco. This study examines another side of the Beat Movement: its strong desire for a reconnection with nature.
Although each took a different path in attaining this goal, the writers considered here - Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Lew Welch, and Michael McClure - sought a new and closer connection to the natural world. These four writers, along with many of their counterparts in the Beat era, provided a crucial spark that helped to ignite the environmental movement of the 1970s and provided the foundation for the development of the current "Deep Ecology" worldview."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969Snyder, gary, 1930-Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862American literature (collections), 20th centuryNature in literatureBeats (persons)Beat generationKnowledgeWilderness areas in literatureInfluenceHistory and criticismAmerican literatureHuman ecology in literatureNature conservation in literatureEcology in literatureNatural historyEnvironmental protection in literatureKnowledge--natural historykerouac, jack , 1922-1969Knowledge--natural historysnyder, gary , 1930-Knowledge--natural historymcclure, michaelInfluencethoreau, henry david , 1817-1862Knowledge--natural historywelch, lewAmerican literature--history and criticismAmerican literature--20th century--history and criticism