Though the term San Francisco Renaissance is usually associated with the Beat movement, it was in reality a collage of different communities, often at odds with one another, whose agendas were social and political as much as aesthetic. These subcommunities provided important contexts for subsequent counterculture developments such as gay liberation, feminism, and the New Left long before those movements attracted widespread public attention. In his study of these various impulses Michael Davidson devotes chapters to central figures such as Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Duncan, William Everson, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, and Jack Spicer. He also examines the important but largely neglected context of women writers in a period dominated by misogynistic views. His final chapter brings things up to date by looking at developments in the Bay Area since the death of Jack Spicer.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521423045
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96549330
Product Key Features
Book Title
The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetics and Community at Mid-Century
Author
Michael Davidson
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
1991
Number of Pages
268 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
400 g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Michael Davidson
Series Title
Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture